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The Holiday Round - A. A. MILNE
The Holiday Round - A. A. MILNE
- Author: A. A. MILNE
- Genre: Satire / Single Author Collections / Essays & Short Works
Alan Alexander Milne, popularly known as A. A. Milne, is best known β perhaps to most people only known β for his childrenβs book, Winnie the Pooh. Yet he was an incredibly prolific author. He published dozens of successful plays, myriad humorous...
The Meaning of Life and Other Essays - Alban Goodier, S.J.
The Meaning of Life and Other Essays - Alban Goodier, S.J.
- Author: Alban Goodier S.J.
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Christianity - Other
Even with the best intentions, we can often get caught up in the affairs of this world and forget about God. To stay on the path to Heaven we must make, from time to time, an examination of our life's heading. This collection of essays reminds us to...
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 5 (1898-1900) - Oscar Wilde
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 5 (1898-1900) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This fifth and final collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes many letters to his friend, Robert Ross, and a long letter about prison reform to the editor of the Daily Chronicle. For most of the last three years of his life Wilde...
Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii - Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Travel & Geography
By the time Mark Twain worked as a roving reporter for the Sacramento Union, he had held positions with other newspapers in Nevada and California. However, his assignment in 1866 to visit and report on the Sandwich Islands, changed his life. These...
G.K. Chesterton in Vanity Fair Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton in Vanity Fair Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of 12 articles/essays that G.K. Chesterton wrote for Vanity Fair magazine in 1920-1921, under the general title βThe Next/New Renascence: Thoughts on the Structure of the Future.β (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World - Various
Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 26th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less. The subject for this collection is "It's a Small World". Readers have interpreted this in...
A Dish of Orts: Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare - George MacDonald
A Dish of Orts: Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
Readers of George MacDonald are used to his engaging story-telling, winsome characters, and simple theology of trust in God as Father. But this book shows a different side of MacDonald. A Dish of Orts is a varied collection of essays, mostly in the...
The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism - Clayton Hamilton
The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism - Clayton Hamilton
- Author: Clayton Hamilton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Performing Arts
A collection of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton concerning theatre & dramatic practices, and the criticism thereof, from an early 20th century perspective. - Summary by Andrew Gaunce...
Europe and Elsewhere - Mark Twain
Europe and Elsewhere - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Single Author Collections / Essays & Short Works
This collection of articles came from Mark Twain's travels and experiences abroad. While many had been previously published, there also were many that had never before seen the light of day...which one reviewer said had never been Twain's intent for...
The Rhythm of Life and Other Essays - Alice Meynell
The Rhythm of Life and Other Essays - Alice Meynell
- Author: Alice Meynell
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works...
The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Version 2) - George Bernard Shaw
The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Version 2) - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
This is an essay providing an extended analysis of the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and of Ibsen's critical reception in England. Shaw uses this "exposition of Ibsenism" to illustrate the imperfections of British society, using the...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 078 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 078 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Twenty short nonfiction works, chosen by the readers. "That thing up there on the stand with the American flag on top is a machine gun, and those are bullets hitting the house. And that means your country is shooting at you." These are a mother's...
Milton - Thomas Babington Macaulay
Milton - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet, classicist, and fearless advocate for civil liberty, who served the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He is best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" (1667), a work of sublime imagery and...
Optimism, An Essay - Helen KELLER
Optimism, An Essay - Helen KELLER
- Author: Helen KELLER
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, this 23 year old idealistic, charming, ever-striving, pampered young essayist wrote: "I find myself looking...
Bashan And I - Thomas MANN
Bashan And I - Thomas MANN
- Author: Thomas MANN
- Genre: Animals / Essays & Short Works / Nature
Simple and unpretentious as a statement by Francis dβAssisi, yet full of a gentle modern sophistication and humour, this little work will bring delight and refreshment to all who seek flight from the heavy-laden hour. It is, moreover, one of the...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manner. The pressure of environment, of mass ideas, of the socialized intelligence... is too enormous to be withstood."...
Is Shakespeare Dead? - Mark Twain
Is Shakespeare Dead? - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
A short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. In the...
If I May (Version 2) - A. A. MILNE
If I May (Version 2) - A. A. MILNE
- Author: A. A. MILNE
- Genre: Single Author Collections / Essays & Short Works / Humor
A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh, was a prolific author of books, plays, essays and articles. He also spent a number of years editing for Punch Magazine. He even wrote a good detective story -- The Red House Mystery ! In...
A Christmas Miscellany 2021 - Various
A Christmas Miscellany 2021 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Nature / Religion
Seven chapters involving Christmas from different books. Plus part 8 which is twelve verses about Christmas and part 9 which is four Christmas carols by Christina Rossetti. - Summary by David Wales...
Women, Children, Love and Marriage - Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
Women, Children, Love and Marriage - Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
- Author: Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This book contains a number of essays about various subjects pertaining to women, children love and marriage - Summary by ashleighjane...
Once A Week (Version 2) - A. A. MILNE
Once A Week (Version 2) - A. A. MILNE
- Author: A. A. MILNE
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Single Author Collections / Essays & Short Works
Once A Week is a collection of short stories and slightly longer vignettes which were written for Milne's solid British Audience, including regular readers of Punch -- between1903, when he graduated from Cambridge and 1906, when he began also to...
Smoke Bellew - Jack London
Smoke Bellew - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Essays & Short Works
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in the Klondike region while writing about his adventures there. Smoke Bellew is the collection of the resulting...
Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) - George William FOOTE
Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) - George William FOOTE
- Author: George William FOOTE
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Atheism & Agnosticism
The Freethinker, founded in 1881 was one of the first secular humanist magazines, and also one of the oldest surviving one, moving online only in 2014. It was founded by G. W. Foote, who was its chief editor for 34 years and stated the magazine's...
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism - Bertrand Russell
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism - Bertrand Russell
- Author: Bertrand Russell
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Political Science / Modern
This book records Bertrand Russell's impressions of the new regime after a 1920 visit to Russia following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, including his meetings with Lenin, Trostky, and Gorky. It includes a chapter that was authored by Dora Black,...
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (1890-1895) - Oscar Wilde
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (1890-1895) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This second collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes letters written when the Irish playwright was at the height of his success. Wilde defends several of his works from criticism and even censorship, and writes "prose poems" to his...
Essays on Art - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Essays on Art - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Plays / Art / Design & Architecture / Essays & Short Works
Essays on art, letters, thoughts, aphorisms - Goethe's thoughts were dealing with artworks of every branch of arts. He addressed many aspects of the artistic process and described his impressions of works of arts - and even dilettantism - in his...
Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards - Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards - Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
- Author: Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
A resounding and, for the times, outrageous look at restructuring British society using the first world war as trigger for changing the place of women in the workplace and their homes, right down to their relations with their children. These essays...
Coffee Break Collection 031 - Springtime - Various
Coffee Break Collection 031 - Springtime - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 31st Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read 20 stories or poems of their choice, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less, suitable for short commutes and coffee breaks. The subject...
The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South - Velley Lester
The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South - Velley Lester
- Author: Velley Lester
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Family & Relationships / Law
According to the author of the Preface, "Mr. Lester is also zealous to bring about a better relation and a better understanding between the white and black races. His denunciation against mob violence is bitter, but pleads for just treatment and a...
Coffee Break Collection 025 - Water - Various
Coffee Break Collection 025 - Water - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the twenty-fifth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this...
G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - November 1919 to April 1920 - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - November 1919 to April 1920 - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The New Witness", under the heading "At the Sign of the World's End". This project compiles the articles included in the issues between November 21, 1919 to April 30, 1920....
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on fame, a quote from the preface to his autobiography A Personal Record (1912). Other lives chosen by readers to examine...
Coffee Break Collection 028 - Hobbies - Various
Coffee Break Collection 028 - Hobbies - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 28th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less, suitable for short commutes and coffee breaks. The subject for this collection...
The Common Reader - Virginia Woolf
The Common Reader - Virginia Woolf
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, some of which originally appeared in the Times Literary Supplement or the Dial, and others were originally published for the first time in this volume. "Anything that Virginia Woolf may have to say about...
Editorials from The Dial magazine, Volume 66 - Martyn Johnson
Editorials from The Dial magazine, Volume 66 - Martyn Johnson
- Author: Martyn Johnson
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Editorials published in Volume 66 of The Dial magazine, a fortnightly political and literary review. The source available to us features issues from January 11 to June 28, 1919. This volume illustrates the pacifist and socialist viewpoint of Martyn...
Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs - Various
Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less, suitable for short commutes and coffee breaks. The subject for this collection...
Flowers of Freethought (First Series) - George William FOOTE
Flowers of Freethought (First Series) - George William FOOTE
- Author: George William FOOTE
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Atheism & Agnosticism
A collection of 51 short essays by George William Foote, who in May 1881 founded the magazine "The Freethinker", which is still published (online) today. In the first issue, Foote writes: The Freethinker is an anti-Christian organ, and must...
G.K. Chesterton in America: A Catholic Review of the Week - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton in America: A Catholic Review of the Week - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of 15 articles/essays written by G.K. Chesterton in "America: A Catholic Review of the Week". The publication dates range from 1915-1917. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Is the Bible Worth Reading and Other Essays - Lemuel Kelley Washburn
Is the Bible Worth Reading and Other Essays - Lemuel Kelley Washburn
- Author: Lemuel Kelley Washburn
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Atheism & Agnosticism
These are more than 100 short essays on all things atheism and freethought penned by Lemuel K. Washburn, an American freethought writer and editor for the Boston Investigator. He talks about a wide range of topics, for example about women and the...
G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1922 - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1922 - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The New Witness", under the heading "At the Sign of the World's End". This project compiles articles from 1922. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
