Essays & Short Works

Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards

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Catherine Gasquoine Hartley


A resounding and, for the times, outrageous look at restructuring British society using the first world war as trigger for changing the plac…

The Evolutionist at Large

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Grant Allen


These Essays originally appeared in the columns of the 'St. James's Gazette,' and I have to thank the courtesy of the Editor for kind permis…

Letters to a Daughter

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Hubert Bland


Letters to a Daughter is a collection of essays proffering ‘fatherly advice’ in the form of a one-sided correspondence. Each of these takes …

The Future in America: A Search After Realities

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H. G. Wells


A series of travel essays by one of the most well known antiquarian authors focused on America and its persistent social, economic and devel…

Mettray - Bathmen

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Jacobus Craandijk


Wandeling van Zutphen via het Nederlandse Mettray (een jeugdinrichting die tegenwoordig Rentray heet) naar Joppe en huize Dorth. In Bathmen …

Christmas Short Works Collection 2015

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Various


This year's Christmas collection of short stories, poems and non-fiction features readings in English, French, German and Romanian - Summary…

From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

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George William Curtis


The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the …

LibriVox 16th Anniversary Collection

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Various


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

Clergymen of the Church of England (Version 2)

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Anthony Trollope


Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit the different types of clergymen commonly found in 19th century Britain. - Summary by…

The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers

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Hilaire Belloc


This 1911 anthology is a collection of musings on the pleasures, challenges, and experience of walking. It features some famous authors (Tho…

Goose-Quill Papers

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Louise Imogen Guiney


Louise Imogen Guiney, and American poet and essayist, here presents twenty essays with her characteristic wit and poetic flair and often a t…

Hearts of Controversy

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Alice Meynell


Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

The Morality of Marriage and Other Essays on the Status and Destiny of Woman

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Mona Caird


In this series of essays, British feminist and novelist Mona Caird discusses marriage customs at various points in history, offers thoughtfu…

Tracts for the Times, Volume 1

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Irenaeus


Published between 1833 and 1841, the 90 Tracts were written by various members of "The Oxford Movement". They cover various aspect…

December Tales

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William Harrison Ainsworth


December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…

Sadhana, The Realisation of Life (Version 3)

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Rabindranath Tagore


"Sadhana: The Realization of Life" by Rabindranath Tagore is a profound exploration of spirituality, blending Eastern philosophy w…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2022

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Various


The 2022 Christmas collection brings some old favourites along with some new selections, from the traditional to the bizarre. Among the sele…

Anti-Dictator: The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire

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Étienne De La Boétie


Étienne de La Boétie was the closest friend of Michel de Montaigne and the subject of the latter's famous essay "On Frien…

Anglo-American Memories

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George Washburn Smalley


“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…

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