Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers. (3 hr 2 min)
Chapters
An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? | 18:36 | Read by Leon Mire |
Deity and Design | 27:07 | Read by Leon Mire |
Escape | 21:18 | Read by Bryan Ness |
The Future of Astronomy | 33:14 | Read by Meredith Hughes |
Hints towards an essay on conversation | 19:47 | Read by Anna Simon |
The Hypocrisy of Puritanism | 15:54 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
On English Composition and Other Matters | 9:17 | Read by Bryan Ness |
The Somnambulists | 15:21 | Read by Bryan Ness |
Taxation | 13:20 | Read by Robert Scott |
Why Are All Men Gamblers? | 3:49 | Read by Bryan Ness |
Reviews
Nuggets
David Sabo
2 of these pieces were excellent, the one by Johnathan Swift and The Somnambulists by Jack London. Taxation by Lysander Spooner was very interesting also.