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Rupert Brooke. April, 1915
In Poems
Elinor Jenkins was a British poet whose published work focuses largely on the First World War. This volume, based on her collection publishe…
Chapter 4. "What's his resource? He asks and straight obtains"
In The Ring and the Book
The Ring and the Book is a masterful narrative poem by Robert Browning that delves into a sensational murder trial in 17th-century Rome. Thr…
Author's Note
In Tales of Unrest (version 2)
A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is …
02 - The Reading Public
In Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy offers a collection of sharp and witty reflections on life in the early 20th century, penned by the renowne…
Paintermine, The
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American wit through a collection of 55 short stories an…
The selfish toad; The discontented stream
In Cecil's Own Book
Ann Hawkshaw's fourth and final collection was published privately and named for her young grandson, Cecil Wedgwood. Written for children, t…
Ken
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
After Twenty Years
In Short Story Collection Vol. 006
LibriVox's Short Story Collection 006: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox member…
The Spinster’s Rubaiyat
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
Rollo Learning to Read
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors…
Troy
In Poems of Conformity
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Although Williams' …
Prologue
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
The Blood Drips
In Stories Weird and Wonderful
A collection of tales written by J.E. Muddock. All these stories are dark in atmosphere and subject matter.
Characters 1: Thoughts about People
In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Sketches by Boz is a captivating collection of short pieces by Charles Dickens, first published in 1836. This work offers a vivid glimpse in…
The Letters
In Maud, and Other Poems
A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other po…
Lamentation
In Selected Poems
Iris Barry was a British and American poet, novelist, film critic and curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. These poems were…
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton
In Robert Burns 250th Anniversary
Robert Burns, the national bard (poet) of Scotland was born on the 25th January, 1759. Scotland and all Burns fans the world over, including…
Tease
In Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
Picture-Show
In Picture-Show
One of Sassoon's earlier collections of poems. This book is particularly interesting as Sassoon begins a transition toward poetry unrelated …
Alice's Question; The Care of Parrots; Pencil Drawing, No. 2
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 20, March 16, 1880
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…