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Heretics
Read by G.K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1905.
Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense …
The Gadfly
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Ethel Lilian Voynich
An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment…
Essays and Literary Studies
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Stephen Leacock
A collection of wry looks at literature, education, and other social phenomena by Canadian humourist and economics professor, Stephen Leacoc…
My First Book
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Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
The Wind in the Willows (Version 7 Dramatic Reading)
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Kenneth Grahame
Join Mole and Water Rat for terrifically fun romps along a river and through burrows and forests . . . visiting with Otter and Mr. Badger, a…
Europe Revised
Read by Sibella Denton
Irvin S. Cobb
Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My …
Putting the Most Into Life
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Booker T. Washington
The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…
The Great Gatsby
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Set in 1925, this is a novel of the Jazz Age; of ambition, of the careless rich, of wild parties and flappers and bootleg booze; and the eff…
The Glugs of Gosh
Read by Chris Goringe
C. J. Dennis
First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this …
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.…
Writing Wrongly
Read by Thomas Corfield
Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
אריה בעל גוף (Arye Ba’al Guf)
Read by Omri Lernau
Hayyim Nachman Bialik and חיים נחמן ביאליק Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Main Street (Version 2)
Read by Mark Nelson
Sinclair Lewis
Carol Milford, a college-educated, progressive, ambitious young woman, is self-sufficient working as a librarian in St. Paul, when she meets…
Gadsby
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Ernest Vincent Wright
Fifty-year-old John Gadsby is alarmed by the decline of his hometown, Branton Hills, and rallies the city's young people to form an "Or…
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A collection of Twain short stories including:The Loves Of Alonzo FitzClarence And Rosannah EtheltonOn The Decay Of The Art Of LyingAbout Ma…
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…
Penrod and Sam
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of h…
Blindfolded
Read by Roger Melin
Earle Ashley Walcott
Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. D…
The Tale of Timothy Turtle (Version 2)
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Arthur Scott Bailey
For a fellow that can only waddle slowly and spends a lot of time sleeping on the bottom of the pond, Timothy Turtle has a surprising number…