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Anthony Trent, Master Criminal
Read by Anna Simon
Wyndham Martyn
In 1918, Anthony Trent, a well-educated young man in his late twenties, lives an unsatisfactory life in a New York boarding house. He writes…
Sense Memory
Read by Brion J. Humphrey
Brion J. Humphrey
If our memory is the thing that shapes and defines us, that informs who we are at our very core, then God help us all...for memory, is a wic…
Modern Essays
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
Poetics
Read by Robert Foster
Aristotle
Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal o…
An Amiable Charlatan
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
The Raven
Read by Chris Goringe
Edgar Allan Poe
Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…
An Amiable Charlatan (version 2)
Read by Cate Barratt
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt
A Fiend in Need
Read by Ben Tucker
Milton K. Ozaki
There were no tell-tale traces of blood, no traces of struggle, no clues that Lieutenant Phelan could put his fingers on-yet someone had plu…
The Life of Cicero, Vol. I
Read by Philippa
Anthony Trollope
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) was an orator, statesman, philosopher and prolific correspondent, who rose as a ‘new man’ in Rome in the tu…
Life and Writings of Addison
Read by Pamela Nagami
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and Whig politician. Today he is most famous for his contributions, wi…
Pipefuls
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Christopher Morley
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Read by Sibella Denton
Fergus Hume
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- “Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certa…
Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts
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David Alec Wilson
Although David Alec Wilson is best known for his writings about Thomas Carlyle, he was a Scottish civil servant who spent much time in India…
Senator North
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Gertrude Atherton
"When, Mr. President, a man, however eminent in other pursuits and whatever claims he may have to public confidence, becomes a member o…
Out from the Heart
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James Allen
James Allen teaches us how to purify our hearts through the fundamental lessons of virtue: physical discipline, mental discipline, doing you…
The Literary Sense
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E. Nesbit
A collection of short stories written by the author of other literary greats such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoe…