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Effect of the President's Communication

In From the Earth to the Moon

Read by Alex Patterson

Jules Verne

From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a humorous science fantasy story written in 1865 by Jules Verne and is …

Bk1: Song I: Boethius' Complaint, and section I

In The Consolation of Philosophy

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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (transl. James) and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been…

THE CONFESSIONS OF A LUNATIC Part 1

In The Mysteries of London Vol. IV

Read by Mairi Patterson

George W. M. Reynolds

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. I…

INTRODUCTION

In The Island of Doctor Moreau

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H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature…

Ch.26 “The Complicity of the Doctors”

In The History of Burke and Hare, And of the Resurrectionist Times

Read by Mairi Patterson

George Macgregor

From the preface: ".....of all the criminal events that have occurred in Scotland, few have excited so deep, widespread, and lasting an…

Letter C

In The Foolish Dictionary

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Gideon Wurdz and Charles Wayland Towne

"The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 190…

The Generous Negro

In Narratives of Colored Americans

Read by Mari Patterson

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 Economic Problem: (5) Commercialized Vice

In The Future of the Women's Movement

Read by Mari Patterson

Helena Swanwick

"There may seem to be a disappointing lack of prophesy in a book avowedly dealing with the future; but since I believe the women’s move…

The Cripple at the Bath

In Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old

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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old is a detailed, chronological presentation of the life of Christ, relying heavily on quoted portio…

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