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In To London Town

Read by Matthew Tink


Arthur Morrison


Written to complement Tales of Mean Streets and A Child of the Jago, and the final book in the trilogy, To London Town examines the mean s…

The Battle of Mantinea

In The Story of the Greeks

Read by Matthew Nerger


H. A. Guerber


This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! - Summary by Ann Boulais

Sonnet IX - Green Mountains

In Early Poems

Read by Matthew Smith


James Russell Lowell


This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

Flutter-Duck. Chapter I, Flutter-Duck in Feather

In Grotesques and Fantasies

Read by Matthew Nerger


Israel Zangwill


A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, …

The Hut in the Hollow

In Fern's Hollow

Read by Matthew Johnson


Hesba Stretton


Ferns Hollow is the sad, but sweet story of a young boy who tragically loses his parents and has to care for his two sisters and crazed gran…

Hurrahing in Harvest - Read by MSD

In Hurrahing in Harvest

Read by Matthew Datcher


Gerard Manley Hopkins


Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ was an English poet, Catholic and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian …

In A Subway Station - Read by MSD

In In A Subway Station

Read by Matthew Datcher


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. - Summary by Wikipedia

The Soldiers' Recessional - Read by MSD

In The Soldiers' Recessional

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Huston Finley


Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…

Scots Of The Riverina - Read by MSD

In Scots Of The Riverina

Read by Matthew Datcher


Henry Lawson


This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. "and to run from home was a crime." The story…

The halt before Rome

In Songs Before Sunrise

Read by Matthew Squaire


Algernon Charles Swinburne


This is a collection of some particularly beautiful poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne. This collection is connected by the Italian theme, …

Chapter LXI - Atrocity

In The Legacy of Cain

Read by Matthew Tink


Wilkie Collins


Eunice and Helena are sisters brought up by their father, the Reverend Abel Gracedieu. They grow up quietly and happily, until some dark sec…

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