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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

The Heirloom - Complete

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T. Duthie-Lisle


It is not the pleasing office of the writer of fiction to unfold for the delectation of his readers the pages and pictures of the volume of …

Le Mystère de la chambre jaune

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Gaston Leroux


Le mystère est grand. On a essayé de tuer mademoiselle Stangerson dans une chambre fermée de l'intérieur, aucun …

The Profligate

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Arthur Wing Pinero


'Mr. Pinero, in essaying to deal dramatically with a moral problem in a manner which, while neither cynical nor commonplace, should still be…

R D. Wingfield Adequate Reasons



A young child has gone missing. There is a complex interplay between police, parents and kidnapper ... and a most surprising resolution. 'As…

Modern Essays

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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.…

Remarks

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Bill Nye


"The range of subjects treated in this book is wonderful, even to me. It is a library of universal knowledge, and the facts contained i…

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…

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

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Dan Robinson


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Love-Tiff

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Molière


"The characters are well delineated, and fathers, lovers, mistresses, and servants all move about amidst a complication of errors from …

The Pupil

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Henry James


Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…

Reid's Critique of Hume

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Dan Robinson


University of Oxford Podcasts

Monologues

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Richard Middleton


This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his gh…

English Literature

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Geraldine Hodgson


This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…

Mrs. Pretty and The Premier

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Arthur Adams


The Premier has decided that being married would be good for his image. He asks his stenographer for advice: (Premier) Good. Just jot me dow…

Hindle Wakes

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Stanley Houghton


Alan Jeffcote, son of Nat Hawthorn, Hindle's richest factory owner, meets Fanny Hawthorn, daughter of Nat's 'slasher' and oldest friend, in …

There is a Tide

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John Collis Snaith


Mame Durrance grew upon a pig farm in Cowbarn, Iowa but she had big dreams to become a journalist. An inheritance fro her aunt allowed her t…

Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel

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Guy de Maupassant


“He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to …

Unaddressed Letters

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Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Anonymousandfrank Athelstane Swettenham and William James Mcglothlin


“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with …

Whither Thou Goest

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William Le Queux


The Earl of Saxham was vastly annoyed when his son, Guy, fell in love with a “penniless nobody,” and announced that he would marry her again…

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