Essays & Short Works
Strange Stories Of The Civil War
Read by David Wales
Various
Here are twelve narratives of some events in the American Civil War, most told by a participant or contemporary observer. - Summary by David…
Narratives of Colored Americans
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Abigail Mott
Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of …
The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent
Read by Beeswaxcandle
John Erskine
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
Vassar Studies
Read by Daryl Wor
Julia Augusta Schwartz
Published in 1899, Vassar Studies is a collection of twelve realistic glimpses into the character of attending students at Vassar College. I…
Women, Children, Love and Marriage
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Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
This book contains a number of essays about various subjects pertaining to women, children love and marriage - Summary by ashleighjane
Lancashire Characters and Places
Read by Phil Benson
Thomas Newbigging
An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and E…
Flowers of Freethought
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George William Foote
The Freethinker, founded in 1881 was one of the first secular humanist magazines, and also one of the oldest surviving one, moving online on…
Dogs
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Various
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
Read by Hannah F
Jane Collier
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 firs…
Five Lectures on Blindness
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Kate M. Foley
The [five] lectures were written primarily to be delivered at the summer sessions of the University of California, at Berkeley and at Los An…
Untimely Papers
Read by Ben Adams
Randolph Silliman Bourne
This is a posthumous collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Many originally appeared in the journal "The Seven Arts," before the…
Monologues
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Richard Middleton
This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his gh…
G.K. Chesterton in Vanity Fair Magazine
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G. K. Chesterton
A collection of 12 articles/essays that G.K. Chesterton wrote for Vanity Fair magazine in 1920-1921, under the general title “The Next/New R…
An Irregular Miscellany
Read by A.F. Harrold
A.F. Harrold
Throughout the 1920s the Common University provided a free and ready source of education to the working classes of England through various l…
The Meaning of Life
Read by Judith Ignacio
Alban Goodier, S.J.
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 w…
Happiness
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Carl Hilty
A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…
Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society
Read by Jake Malizia
Edward Carpenter
This pamphlet by LGBT pioneer and philosopher Edward Carpenter was originally intended to form part of his work "Love's Coming of Age&q…
Local Color Collection
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Various
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)
It's a Small World
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Various
This is the 26th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes…