Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

(3.9 stars; 9 reviews)

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


(5 stars)

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.