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The Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith
The Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith
- Author: George Grossmith
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The Diary of a Nobody is the fictitious record of fifteen months in the life of Charles Pooter, his family, friends and small circle of acquaintances. It first appeared, serialised in Punch magazine and might be regarded as the first ‘blog’; being a...
The Life of Apollonius of Tyana - Flavius Philostratus
The Life of Apollonius of Tyana - Flavius Philostratus
- Author: Flavius Philostratus
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Ancient / Other religions
Apollonius of Tyana (ca. 40-120 AD) was a Greek Pythagorean philosopher and teacher. He hailed from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Asia Minor. His date of birth is a matter of conjecture as some say he was roughly a...
The Waste Land (version 3) - T. S. Eliot
The Waste Land (version 3) - T. S. Eliot
- Author: T. S. Eliot
- Genre: Poetry
The Waste Land is T. S. Eliot's Modernist masterpiece, first published in 1920. Rich in allusions to Shakespeare, Dante, Baudelaire, the Bible, Marvell, Buddha, and the folklore of the Holy Grail, among other sources, the poem emphasizes the...
Beyond the Hills of Dream - William Wilfred Campbell
Beyond the Hills of Dream - William Wilfred Campbell
- Author: William Wilfred Campbell
- Genre: Poetry
William Wilfred Campbell was a Canadian author and poet. Some of his poems are among the most famous Canadian poems of all time, and many contemporary Canadians interested in poetry may be familiar with one or two of his poems. The rest of his work...
The Magnificent Ambersons (Growth Trilogy Vol 2) - Booth Tarkington
The Magnificent Ambersons (Growth Trilogy Vol 2) - Booth Tarkington
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Genre: General Fiction
In a world where a gentleman’s life is defined more “by being, rather than by doing,” a family’s reputation can be compromised if it is not guarded carefully, and the sole heir of the Amberson family is proving himself to be a difficult person....
Stalky & Co. (More Stories) - Rudyard Kipling
Stalky & Co. (More Stories) - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: General Fiction
This small collection puts together stories by Kipling that feature the characters from Stalky & Co. but which for some reason were not included in the book Stalky & Co. Of these the more interesting is the first, "Stalky", which introduces...
Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 2 - Moncure Daniel Conway
Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 2 - Moncure Daniel Conway
- Author: Moncure Daniel Conway
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This second volume of his autobiography covers the years from the US Civil War to roughly 1904. (Summary by JoeD)...
The Maker of Rainbows - Richard le Gallienne
The Maker of Rainbows - Richard le Gallienne
- Author: Richard le Gallienne
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of Fairy Tales from Richard Le Gallienne....
The Royal Book of Oz (version 3) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz (version 3) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"Of course, we all knew the Scarecrow was a very fine fellow, but surely we never guessed he ascended from an emperor. Most of us descend from our ancestors, but the Scarecrow really ASCENDED.The Scarecrow had a most exciting and adventurous time on...
The Taming of the Shrew (version 2) - William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (version 2) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Comedy
When local drunkard Christopher Sly walks into a tavern, the last thing he expects is a complex trick where, to the amusement of many others, he is tricked into believing that he's a nobleman! And so begins the Taming of the Shrew, one of...
The Return of Alfred - Herbert George Jenkins
The Return of Alfred - Herbert George Jenkins
- Author: Herbert George Jenkins
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Romance
The hero of the book is at a loose end, weary and bored of his old life after returning from the Great War. After an argument with his uncle and a railway strike he finds himself lost in the county of Norfolk at ten o'clock one night. When he seeks...
The Life of Reason volume 2 - George Santayana
The Life of Reason volume 2 - George Santayana
- Author: George Santayana
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952). It consists of Reason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason...
Evelina's Garden - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Evelina's Garden - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Author: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance / Short Stories
This is a long short story from 1899, approximately 95 minutes more or less, about a mysterious woman living virtually alone on the outskirts of a small New England town in a mansion with a magnificent garden. (Introduction by BellonaTimes)...
The Cosmic Computer - H. Beam Piper
The Cosmic Computer - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: Science Fiction
Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, "The Junkyard Planet", with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants...
Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Comedy
Hidden and mistaken identities, requited and unrequited loves, pranks and jokes abound in this romantic comedy. (Summary by Karen Savage) Cast: Orsino, Duke of Illyria - Joshua B. Christensen Sebastian - Madame Tusk Antonio, a Sea Captain, friend to...
Beauties of Tennyson - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Beauties of Tennyson - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Single author
A collection of Tennyson's poetry : 1 The Brook - 00:16 2 Song from "Maud" - 1:20 3 A Farewell - 2:34 4 Song from “Maud” - 3:26 5 Break, Break, Break - 4:53 6 From “Locksley Hall”- 5:43 7 Song from “Maud” - 6:43 8 Song from “The Princess” - 7:43 9...
An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers - Henry Fielding
An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers - Henry Fielding
- Author: Henry Fielding
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Early eighteenth century England saw the criminal element bargaining with magistrates and lawyers to be released or receive lenient sentences. Neither party could be trusted and the situation grew worse. Enter famed author Henry Fielding, who had a...
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson - Anthony Trollope
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Literary Fiction / Satire
Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business doomed from the get-go to utter failure. Its senior partner (the elderly Brown, who provides the investment)...
The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith - Arthur Wing Pinero
The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Plays / Satire
Lucas Cleeve is living in Venice with a widow, Mrs. Ebbsmith. His relatives do not accept this arrangement and come to intervene. Note that this is NOT a farce - the hypocrisy is not played for laughs. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Antonio Poppi,...
The Bishop's Apron - W. Somerset Maugham
The Bishop's Apron - W. Somerset Maugham
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
"Canon Spratte saw himself as he thought others might see him: mediocre, pompous, self-assertive, verbose." Maugham could have added ambitious, hypocritical, and vain. In this engrossing social satire, Theodore Spratte, a cleric, motivated by an...
The Keepsake (version 2) - Anonymous
The Keepsake (version 2) - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Poetry
This is a cute little volume of poems for children. Listeners may wish to refer to the text to see the pretty illustrations. - Summary by Carolin...
The Shadow-Line - Joseph Conrad
The Shadow-Line - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Dedicated to the author's son who was wounded in World War 1, The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial and...
Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding
Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding
- Author: Henry Fielding
- Genre: General Fiction
"Joseph Andrews ... was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding, and indeed among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a ‘comic romance,’ it is the...
The Tin Woodman of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Tin Woodman of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter. The Tin Woodman, whose real name is Nick Chopper, seeks to find the Munchkin...
Oliver Twist (version 5 Dramatic Reading) - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (version 5 Dramatic Reading) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Literary Fiction
When orphaned Oliver Twist asks for more food, the workhouse board are horrified and immediately pack him off to work for an undertaker, who treats him badly. Oliver runs away and finds himself in the streets of London, where he meets the Artful...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is the longest real novel in the...
Mosses From An Old Manse - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mosses From An Old Manse - Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Genre: Single Author Collections
"Mosses from an Old Manse" is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846. The collection includes several previously-published short stories and is named in honor of The Old Manse where Hawthorne and his wife lived for...
Hope and Have; Fanny Grant Among the Indians - Oliver Optic
Hope and Have; Fanny Grant Among the Indians - Oliver Optic
- Author: Oliver Optic
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Religion
The fifth volume of the Woodville stories contains the experience of Fanny Grant, who from a very naughty girl became a very good one, by the influence of a pure and beautiful example. The story is not an illustration of the "pleasures of hope;" but...
The Story of a New Zealand River - Jane Mander
The Story of a New Zealand River - Jane Mander
- Author: Jane Mander
- Genre: Undefined
"This is the land of the lost, one of those happy spots where no questions are asked. Of course, the fact of a person's being here is usually all the explanation necessary."The Story of a New Zealand River is a romance set in the Northland region of...
Heretics - G. K. Chesterton
Heretics - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Contemporary
The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicking journalist," he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of...
Alice in Wonderland, Retold in Words of One Syllable - J.C. Gorham
Alice in Wonderland, Retold in Words of One Syllable - J.C. Gorham
- Author: J.C. Gorham
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The well known and delightful tale of Alice in Wonderland but retold in simpler language. All the characters are there, even the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Note that even though the title says 'words of one syllable', there are quite a few two...
The Widow Barnaby - Frances Milton Trollope
The Widow Barnaby - Frances Milton Trollope
- Author: Frances Milton Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction
The vain, flirtatious and presumptuous husband hunting Mrs. Barnaby delves into high-class society of which she knows very little leading to some rather awkward and moments and ridiculous mistakes. Add the love and distresses of her lovely and...
Eight Girls and a Dog - Carolyn Wells
Eight Girls and a Dog - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Action & Adventure
A book about eight girls who are members of the Blue Ribbon Cooking Club. Timmy Loo is their dog, who's always looking for a little scrap of food. He's cute and energetic. The girls decide it's time for a vacation and they all pack up and go to a...
Wolfbane - Frederik Pohl
Wolfbane - Frederik Pohl
- Author: Frederik Pohl
- Genre: Science Fiction
This science fiction novel takes place in the year 2203, if we take literally the age of 250 years. A rogue planet, populated by strange machines known as Pyramids, has stolen the Earth from the Solar system, taking it off into interstellar space....
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1 - Charles F. Horne
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1 - Charles F. Horne
- Author: Charles F. Horne
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History.” The set is edited by Charles F. Horne, a prolific American...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in these collections are independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, philosophy,...
War and Peace, Book 15: 1812-1813 - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Book 15: 1812-1813 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the...
Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old - Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old - Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
- Author: Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old is a detailed, chronological presentation of the life of Christ, relying heavily on quoted portions of Scripture/ Rev. Hurlbut makes the gospel story accessible for the reader as each episode and teaching...
Maria Chapdelaine - Louis Hémon
Maria Chapdelaine - Louis Hémon
- Author: Louis Hémon
- Genre: General Fiction
Maria Chapdelaine is one of the most famous French Canadian novels. It is the love story of Maria Chapdelaine, daughter of a peasant family in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec, in the 1900s. It is often seen as an allegory of the French...
The Confessions of al-Ghazali - Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī
The Confessions of al-Ghazali - Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī
- Author: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī
- Genre: Other religions
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was born in 1058 AD in the city of Tus in modern day Iran. He was a reputed scholar, philosopher and Shafi'i jurist who was a professor of theology at the Nizamiyya College of Baghdad. At the peak of his fame, he was gripped by...
