Essays & Short Works
A Christmas Miscellany
Read by David Wales
Various
Eleven short works or book chapters about Christmas or around that time period. - Summary by David Wales
The Open Library
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Brewster Kahle
Text of the speech given by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, at the launch of the Open Library in October 2005. LibriVox was…
Essays on Prohibition
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Various
A collection of essays regarding the pros and cons of prohibition of alcoholic beverages, principally in the United States. - Summary by Kev…
Ronald And I
Read by David Wales
Alfred Pretor
This is a collection of essays (1899) on English village life in the late nineteenth century. The essay “My Rector” was the focus of some co…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
In his autobiographical essay "The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob," Booker T. Washington wrote: "It is not argument, nor cr…
The Morality of Marriage and Other Essays
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Mona Caird
In this series of essays, British feminist and novelist Mona Caird discusses marriage customs at various points in history, offers thoughtfu…
Ginger-Snaps
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Fanny Fern
American novelist, children's writer, humorist, and newspaper columnist from the 1850s to the 1870s, Fanny Fern (real name of Sara Payson Wi…
Resist Not Evil
Read by Martha H. Weller
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow, perhaps best known as the defense attorney for John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, had a long career defending …
Christmas Short Works Collection
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Various
As we approach Christmas 2025, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting stories, nonfiction, and poetry. We wish y…
Clergymen of the Church of England
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Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit the different types of clergymen commonly found in 19th century Britain. - Summary by…
December Tales
Read by Ben Tucker
William Harrison Ainsworth
December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…
From the Easy Chair
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George William Curtis
The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the …
Hearts of Controversy
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
King Edward I of England
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Thomas Frederick Tout
Edward I (1239 – 1307), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the p…
Goose-Quill Papers
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Louise Imogen Guiney
Louise Imogen Guiney, and American poet and essayist, here presents twenty essays with her characteristic wit and poetic flair and often a t…
Anglo-American Memories
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George Washburn Smalley
“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…
Death
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Maurice Maeterlinck
"The more we dread it, the more dreadful it becomes..." Death by Maurice Maeterlinck explores the cultural and societal fear of de…
The Souls of the Streets
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Ransome
Acclaimed British author Arthur Ransome presents us with a small collection of charming and wistful sketches on the character of the street,…
Essays on Things
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William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps was founder of the Pundits, a secret society at Yale, noted for its collection of the wittiest and most erudite students…
Ceres’ Runaway
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…