Essays & Short Works
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- Explorations in Psychology
- Political Essays and Reflections
- Political Essays and Manifestos
- Philosophical Essays on Existence
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
This famous Shakespearean exploration illuminates its plays through the frame of character, while also weighing theme, mood, structure and p…
Dispatches from the Ruhr
Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the …
Collection
Step back in time to 1891, a pivotal year in literature, through a curated collection of essays and short works that capture the essence of …
The Creed of a Credulous Person
A series of five essays by G.K. Chesterton, published in "Black and White" magazine in 1903, under the heading "The Creed of …
For Every Music Lover
For Every Music Lover is a collection of insightful essays that delve into the rich tapestry of music and its appreciation. Authored by Aube…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Our constitution is color-blind... the law regards man as man and takes no accoun…
Favourite Chapters Collection
This anthology brings together chapters chosen as LibriVox volunteers’ personal favourites. Each selection offers a chance to encounter a me…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…
Short Nonfiction Collection
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…
The Spirit Of Education
What is education? It's a term we use every day to describe the process of putting 25 or 30 young souls into a cinder block room and fillin…
Satires and Profanities
Satires and Profanities is a collection of sharp-witted essays and stories by George William Foote, a prominent figure in the realm of Freet…
Essays and Dialogues
"We would no more choose to feed the minds of our countrymen and women with the despairing utterances of the pessimist poet, than we wo…
Studies in the Fairy Mythology
In this doctoral dissertation, author Lucy Allen Paton (1865-1951), an alumna of Radcliffe College, takes a scholarly look at the role of Mo…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…
Exotics and Retrospectives
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings a…
The Columbian Orator
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…
The Gettysburg Address
Delivered during a pivotal moment in American history, The Gettysburg Address is President Abraham Lincoln's profound reflection on the prin…
The Ukrainians and the European War
The WWI (European war) for Ukrainians was the hope of its nation unity and freedom from Austria-Hungary but mostly from Russian Empire. Gali…
On Everything
Hillaire Belloc of French by birth, British by naturalization was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs…
The World’s Famous Orations
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…