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Walking (Version 2) - Henry David Thoreau
Walking (Version 2) - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Nature
This was originally titled "The Wild" and is a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum. "Walking" is an essay that explores the relationship between man and nature, trying to find a balance between society and our raw animal nature....
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence - Alice Dunbar Nelson
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence - Alice Dunbar Nelson
- Author: Alice Dunbar Nelson
- Genre: War & Military / Education / Essays & Short Works
It seems eminently fitting and proper in this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation that the Negro should give pause and look around him at the things which he has done, those which he might have done, and those which he...
Leo Tolstoy - G. K. Chesterton
Leo Tolstoy - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Three men of letters give insightful essays on the work of Leo Tolstoy. (Summary by Larry Wilson)...
Essays of Schopenhauer - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
Essays of Schopenhauer - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Modern
Schopenhauer is considered to be one of the most influential philosophers of all times. Many of his ideas and quotes have been quoted largely and have now become almost commonplace. The essays in this collection are a proof of his breakthrough...
G.K. Chesterton in The Open Road - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton in The Open Road - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of 2 book reviews written by G.K. Chesterton in "The Open Road", both from 1911. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting - Jane Collier
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting - Jane Collier
- Author: Jane Collier
- Genre: Satire / Essays & Short Works
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's first work, and operates as a satirical advice book on how to nag. It was modelled after Jonathan Swift's...
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890) - Oscar Wilde
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Collections
This first collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde begins with the Irish playwright's earliest extant letter, thanking his mother for the hamper she had sent to him at school. It includes letters about his travels in Italy, his American...
Why is the Negro Lynched? - Frederick DOUGLASS
Why is the Negro Lynched? - Frederick DOUGLASS
- Author: Frederick DOUGLASS
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
We have felt that the most fitting tribute that we, of the Anti-Caste movement, can pay to the memory of this noble and faithful life is to issue broadcastβas far as the means entrusted to us will allowβhis last great appeal for justice (uttered...
The Creed of a Credulous Person - G. K. Chesterton
The Creed of a Credulous Person - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in "Black and White" magazine in 1903, under the heading "The Creed of a Credulous Person". (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Christian Science - Mark Twain
Christian Science - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Modern / Christianity - Other
Christian Science is a 1907 collection of essays Mark Twain wrote about Christian Science, beginning with an article that was published in Cosmopolitan in 1899. Although Twain was interested in mental healing and the ideas behind Christian Science,...
Selected Lead Articles from "THE DAWN" - Louisa Lawson
Selected Lead Articles from "THE DAWN" - Louisa Lawson
- Author: Louisa Lawson
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Louisa Lawson, the mother of Australian writer Henry Lawson, was the founder, publisher and editor of an early feminist journal in Sydney named βThe Dawnβ. From 1888 onwards, it played no small part in the gaining of the vote for Australian women in...
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft - Sir Walter Scott
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Letters
A series of letters written by Scott on the history of witchcraft and other supernatural events in England and other locations. He documents stories and discredits them with natural causes. (Summary by Deon Gines)...
Theological Essays - Charles BRADLAUGH
Theological Essays - Charles BRADLAUGH
- Author: Charles BRADLAUGH
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Atheism & Agnosticism
Charles Bradlaugh was an English political activist and atheist who founded the National Secular Society in 1866. In the 23 "Theological Essays" collected here, he discusses his views on various topics such as whether man has a soul and if there is...
Coffee Break Collection 027 - Sports - Various
Coffee Break Collection 027 - Sports - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 27th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less. In honor of the Super Bowl, the subject for this collection is "Sports"....
Essays in Idleness - Agnes Repplier
Essays in Idleness - Agnes Repplier
- Author: Agnes Repplier
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Humor
Agnes Repplier was a popular and highly regarded essayist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who was also well known on the lecture circuit. Her writings are witty, erudite, and engaging. The eight essays in this collection include an homage...
Studies in Stagecraft - Clayton Hamilton
Studies in Stagecraft - Clayton Hamilton
- Author: Clayton Hamilton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Performing Arts
A companion piece to Hamilton's earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume dealt with the criticism of dramatic art in general, this volume focuses more specifically on the contemporary drama of the era in which it was written. -...
Essays Irish and American - John Butler Yeats
Essays Irish and American - John Butler Yeats
- Author: John Butler Yeats
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
From the noted artist and father of the celebrated Irish poet William Butler Yeats comes this short collection of essays on the literary life of their age. Included are two short biographical remembrances of the author. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
G. K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1921 - G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1921 - 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 from 1921 (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Goose-Quill Papers - Louise Imogen Guiney
Goose-Quill Papers - Louise Imogen Guiney
- Author: Louise Imogen Guiney
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Louise Imogen Guiney, and American poet and essayist, here presents twenty essays with her characteristic wit and poetic flair and often a touch of satire on sometimes common topics such as the apple, the moon, mathematics and the garret, even the...
Unicorns - James HUNEKER
Unicorns - James HUNEKER
- Author: James HUNEKER
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
An engaging collection of essays about artists, composers, writers, and, of course, unicorns. - Summary by Stav Nisser...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete with good counsel. How, what, and from whom we learn is thematic to many of these 20 nonfiction selections, chosen by...
Coffee Break Collection 030 - Mythical Creatures - Various
Coffee Break Collection 030 - Mythical Creatures - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 30th 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...
Your United States: Impressions Of A First Visit - Arnold Bennett
Your United States: Impressions Of A First Visit - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Travel & Geography
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 β 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. In 1911 Bennett paid a financially rewarding visit to the US, which he later...
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 4 (1897-1898) - Oscar Wilde
Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 4 (1897-1898) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This fourth collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote while living in Berneval, in the months after his release from prison, and in Naples, where he shared a villa with his former lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. In...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 090 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 090 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
In his autobiographical essay "The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob," Booker T. Washington wrote: "It is not argument, nor criticism, nor hatred, but work in constructive effort, that gets hold of men and binds them together in a way to make them...
G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Ronald And I; Or Studies From Life - Alfred Pretor
Ronald And I; Or Studies From Life - Alfred Pretor
- Author: Alfred Pretor
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of essays (1899) on English village life in the late nineteenth century. The essay βMy Rectorβ was the focus of some controversy when published. Alfred Pretor was an English Cambridge don and classicist, author, and translator....
Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Author: Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works
Seneca the Youngerβs letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introduce major themes of Stoic philosophy and have been a source of inspiration and comfort for readers throughout...
On - Hilaire Belloc
On - Hilaire Belloc
- Author: Hilaire Belloc
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs the range from poetry, political writings and childrenβs stories. He was a close friend, and sometimes...
The Silver Shadow, and Other Day Dreams - Frank W. Boreham
The Silver Shadow, and Other Day Dreams - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Christianity - Other
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a...
The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast, Volume 12 - William Cowper BRANN
The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast, Volume 12 - William Cowper BRANN
- Author: William Cowper BRANN
- Genre: Short Stories / Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname βThe Iconoclastβ by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to be pompous and self-serving. He settled in the wild and wooly West Texas town of Waco in the late 1800s as a...
G.K. Chesterton in The Century Illustrated Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton in The Century Illustrated Magazine - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of 5 articles/essays and 2 letters written by G.K. Chesterton in "The Century Illustrated Magazine". The pubilcation dates range from 1912-1923. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Hearts of Controversy - Alice Meynell
Hearts of Controversy - 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...
Coniston Tales - William Gershom COLLINGWOOD
Coniston Tales - William Gershom COLLINGWOOD
- Author: William Gershom COLLINGWOOD
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Antiquity
A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. Collingwood gave up a promising academic career as a young Oxford graduate to become John Ruskin's personal...
Coffee Break Collection 033 - Gardening - Various
Coffee Break Collection 033 - Gardening - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is the 33rd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less, suitable for short commutes and coffee breaks. The subject for...
Journeys to Bagdad - Charles S. BROOKS
Journeys to Bagdad - Charles S. BROOKS
- Author: Charles S. BROOKS
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
In these 10 short and witty essays, author Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934) muses on various topics, as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, travelling to foreign countries, or even fashion (night-caps and hoopskirts), to name only a few. - Summary by Sonia...
Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument, April 14, 1876 - Frederick DOUGLASS
Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument, April 14, 1876 - Frederick DOUGLASS
- Author: Frederick DOUGLASS
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Reference / Modern (19th C)
This is the speech given by Fredrick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington DC, April 14, 1876 along with the appendix which includes additional information about the order of the events and the story of the...
The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: Volume 3 - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: Volume 3 - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Education / Essays & Short Works / Philosophy
Volume 3 of the complete works contains several short critical introductory essays, five lectures under the heading "On the Future of our Educational Institutions," and finally an essay by the author entitled "Homer and Classical Philology." As...
