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Reading: An Essay
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Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
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Beatrix Potter
What can we say about the delightful Beatrix Potter stories? Starting with the naughty Peter Rabbit and his misadventures, progressing thro…
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures
Read by Martin Clifton
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) was the son of an actor manager. After some time in the Navy and as an apprentice printer he became a pl…
Anchorite
Read by Phil Chenevert
Randall Garrett
Randall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards patern…
John Caldigate
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
After a rather dissolute youth and having been disowned by his father, John Caldigate sets sail for Australia with his friend Dick Shand hop…
A Book of Nonsense
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Edward Lear
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form. This book …
The Squire
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Arthur Wing Pinero
"Then take a word of advice—cut yourself adrift from Squire Kate's apron strings. (Gilbert turns away) When my father, John Verity, die…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Washington Irving
Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…
Rip Van Winkle
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Washington Irving
La fantástica aventura de Rip Van Winkle, que fue al bosque y allí quedó dormido, para él fue una noche pero hab…
The Flight of the Heron
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D. K. Broster
Ewen Cameron, a young and handsome Highland laird devoted to the Jacobite cause, takes the English army captain Keith Windham prisoner on th…
Babbitt
Read by John W. Michaels
Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis’ George F. Babbitt is a complicated and conflicted character. When you think you have his next move figured out he surprises …
Merton of the Movies
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Harry Leon Wilson
Merton of the Movies is a comedy that centers around Merton Gill, an aspiring dramatic artist from Simsbury, Illinois who makes his way to H…
First From the Front
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Harold Ashton
In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…
Above the French Lines
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Stuart Walcott
A collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France to prepare for combat. Walcott died in his first…
Winnowed Wisdom
Read by David Wales
Stephen Leacock
This 1926 volume comprises thirty-five essays by the masterful Canadian humorist. - Summary by david wales
The Admirable Bashville
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George Bernard Shaw
The Admirable Bashville is a product of the British law of copyright. As that law stands at present, the first person who patches up a stage…
Boule de suif
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Guy de Maupassant
Douze nouvelles dans lesquelles Guy de Maupassant pose un regard ironique, voire pessimiste, sur la société française d…
Skiddoo!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh
John Henry is quite a character! King of the "Beloved of the Short Arm Jab". John Henry has his own unique perspective on the even…
A Wife Without A Smile
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Rippingill can not get his wife to relax her stony features and smile. Maybe even laugh. "Avis - Lady Whitstable and the pickled sa…