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The Ambassador's Stick-pin
Read by David Wales
Edward H. Hurlbut
In Lanagan Amateur Detective
This is a 1913 collection of ten short detective stories by a not well known writer. Jack Lanagan is a police reporter for a daily newspaper…
Wheel of Love Chapter 4 The Tale of a Postmark
Read by jenno
Anthony Hope
In Comedies of Courtship
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton
The Reigate Squires
Read by Mark F. Smith
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 4)
Dr. Watson sits down again to ruminate over his notes of all the mysteries he has joined Sherlock Holmes in investigating. In the “Memoirs o…
The Penitent
Read by Drew Johnson
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë and Anne Brontë
In Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (version 2)
The Bronte sisters, most famous for their novels, began their career with a slim volume of poetry, published under pseudonyms. It only sold …
Chapter 2 Part 1 - The Golden Touch
Read by Clive Catterall
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Yankee student stays at a country house called Tanglewood during a golden New England fall. Also at the house are about a dozen children: …
The Rue-Anemone
Read by Josh Kibbey
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
Writing A Book
Read by Patrice DeHart
Lucy Clifford
In Very Short Stories And Verses For Children
Very Short Stories And Verses For Children is a children's book by Lucy Clifford compiling stories and poems informing the little ones about…
The Mark of the Betrayer, by James O. Fagan
Read by Greg Giordano
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 05 No. 01 October 1899
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Signs Of The Times
Read by Adrian Stephens
Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
In Poems
Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde, was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza. She was politically active as an Irish natio…
Characters 7: The Misplaced Attachment
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
Charles Dickens
In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Sketches by Boz is a captivating collection of short pieces by Charles Dickens, first published in 1836. This work offers a vivid glimpse in…
The Master’s Pen—A Confession
Read by Larry Wilson
John Kendrick Bangs
In Cobwebs from a Library Corner
This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted…
A Curious Incident; Our Post Office Box
Read by Rachel
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 03, Nov. 18, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Lines from the " Vicar of Wakefield"
Read by Laurie Banza
Oliver Goldsmith
In A Hundred Great Poems
This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr
Pull the Right String
Read by Foon
Barry Pain
In Stories without Tears
This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…
The Magic Wand
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Tudor Jenks
In The Magic Wand
Three short children's fantasy stories. The stories are light and humorous and can spark a child's imagination. Part of a six-volume set. -…
Letters
Read by James K. White
Ivor Gurney
In Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…
Part 2: The Believer's Jointure - Containing Marks and Characters of Believers in Christ; together with some farther Privileges and Grounds of Comfort to the Saints
Read by gutierca
Ralph Erskine
In Gospel Sonnets
Mr. Erskine's poems are greatly to be esteemed, for the sweetness of the verse, the disposition of the subjects, the elegancy of the composi…
The Yellow Sign
Read by Peter Yearsley
Robert W. Chambers
In The King in Yellow (part 1)
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80's and early 90's, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, sho…
Selections from The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 16
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Nocturne
Read by Christopher Fried
John Crowe Ransom
In Chills and Fever
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.