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Prejudices, First Series

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H. L. Mencken


Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…

The Galaxy Primes

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E. E. “Doc” Smith


They were four of the greatest minds in the Universe: Two men, two women, lost in an experimental spaceship billions of parsecs from home. A…

Reading: An Essay

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Hugh Walpole


A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales

The Mirror Of Kong Ho

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Ernest Bramah


This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience…

How to Write a Novel

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William James Mcglothlin


I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of charac…

Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism

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John Middleton Murry


Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…

A Gentleman of Leisure

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P. G. Wodehouse


A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed …

The Adventures of Mr. Mocker (Dramatic Reading)

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Thornton W. Burgess


When an innocent blue jay starts talking in his sleep, it's up to him to find out what's going on in this fun, naturalistic, Southern-style …

On Our Selection

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Steele Rudd


The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…

Around the World in Eighty Days (Dramatic Reading)

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Jules Verne


In London, 1872, a rich English gentlemen named Mr. Phileas Fogg argues with the members in the Reform Club, and takes on a journey around t…

Howards End

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E. M. Forster


The book is about three families in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The three families represent different gradations of …

The Wonderful Visit

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H. G. Wells


An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…

Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

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Stephen Leacock


Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

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

A Brief History of English and American Literature

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Henry A. Beers


Henry Augustin Beers, native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bi…

Certain Personal Matters

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H. G. Wells


Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…

Richard Cory

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Edwin Arlington Robinson


This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here…

Biltmore Oswald

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J. Thorne Smith, Jr.


The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …

Riverdale Stories: A Story for Little Folks

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Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


A compilation of stories of the children of Riverdale who learn life lessons of how to be kind, polite, and helpful as they grow up. Writte…

Lin McLean

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Owen Wister


Lin McLean is an unaffected, attractive young cowboy in the Wyoming territory before statehood. This book is various stories in his life. (S…

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