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The Booklover and His Books
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Henry Lyman Koopman
This book about books was written by Harry Lyman Koopman, who served as the head librarian for Brown University from 1893 to 1930. Published…
The Art of Letters
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Robert Lynd
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his da…
Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topi…
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Daniel Wallace Culp
The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…
Oxford on Film: From Attic to Archive
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Peter Robinson and Hannah Lucas
University of Oxford Podcasts
J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
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William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
One-Act Play Collection 010
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Various
Tenth volume of one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members. MosadaNarrator: AvailleMosada: SoniaEbremar: Tomas…
Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…
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John Kendrick Bangs
Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …
Get Next!
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Hugh Mchugh
John Henry has a comedic commentary and opinion on everything that goes on in his life. This time, he tackles the subjects of race tipsters,…
The Lost Art of Reading
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Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
The Prelude, Version 2
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William Wordsworth
Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, in…
Excerpts from ''A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clem…
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Merle Devore Johnson
As printed, this book contains an extensive listing of Mark Twain's work. Rather than repeating that listing, this recording simply reflects…
Selected Poems
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a pre-eminent poet of the Victorian period in the United Kingdom. This selection of poems includes some of he…
Essays on Modern Novelists
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William Lyon Phelps
A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote i…
The Declaration
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis is also known as N. P. Willis. He was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American w…
The Old Year
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John Clare
John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English country…
Touch and Go
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D. H. Lawrence
A man is speaking to a group of colliers in a small mining village. They have decided that they have had enough of the way they are treated …
The Uttermost Star, and Other Gleams of Fancy
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Frank W. Boreham
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…
The Bookman, March 1921
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John Farrar
This precursor to The New Yorker magazine features several Algonquin Roundtable regulars, including Broun, Woolcott, and Morley. Editor is J…
The Belfry Pigeon
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis, also known as N. P. Willis, was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writer…
Cock-House at Fellsgarth
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Talbot Baines Reed
A classic English Public School story with all the usual suspects: unruly juniors, wise upper form boys, and an outcast. Summary by Von