Essays & Short Works

Pastiche and Prejudice

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Arthur Bingham Walkley



Arthur Bingham Walkley was an exceedingly popular critic, working as a drama critic at The Times alone for no less than 26 years, and writin…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 053

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Various



Diese Sammlungsreihe erscheint unregelmäßig und umfasst 10 verschiedene deutschsprachige Prosatexte. Sie finden weitere "Fol…

The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism

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Clayton Hamilton



A collection of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton concerning theatre & dramatic practices, and the criticism thereof, from an e…

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 5 (1898-1900)

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Oscar Wilde



This fifth and final collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes many letters to his friend, Robert Ross, and a long letter abo…

Catalogs to Sleep By

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Various



Excerpts from vintage catalogs, read in a soft, soothing voice and meant to lull you to sleep. Drift off to dreamland with details of such t…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 11. November 1896

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National Geographic Society



The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the November Number. It includes the following articles:* The Witwatersrand and th…

The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler and Henry Festing Jones



Early in his life Samuel Butler began to carry a note-book and to write down in it anything he wanted to remember; it might be something he …

Coffee Break Collection 033 - Gardening

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Various



This is the 33rd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction p…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 03. March 1896

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National Geographic Society



The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the March Number. It includes the following articles, along with a few miscellaneo…

Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 004

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Various



This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by L…

Once A Week (Version 2)

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A. A. Milne



Once A Week is a collection of short stories and slightly longer vignettes which were written for Milne's solid British Audience, including …

The Romance Of The Commonplace

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Frank Gelett Burgess



Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular …

Homage to John Dryden: Three Essays on Poetry of the Seventeenth Century

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T. S. Eliot



Best known as a poet and playwright, Nobel Laureate T.S. Eliot also wrote many works of literary criticism. In this volume he gives us thr…

The Ukrainians and the European War

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Various



The WWI (European war) for Ukrainians was the hope of its nation unity and freedom from Austria-Hungary but mostly from Russian Empire. Gali…

Coniston Tales

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William Gershom Collingwood



A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. C…

G.K. Chesterton in The Open Road

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G. K. Chesterton



A collection of 2 book reviews written by G.K. Chesterton in "The Open Road", both from 1911. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Fabian Essays in Socialism

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George Bernard Shaw



The Fabian Society is a British institution, which, though radical, advocated social reform through legislative rather than revolutionary me…

Dispatches from the Ruhr

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Ernest Hemingway



Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the …

Theological Essays

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Charles Bradlaugh



Charles Bradlaugh was an English political activist and atheist who founded the National Secular Society in 1866. In the 23 "Theologica…

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