Romance
Tristan and Iseult
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Arthur Symons
A stage version of the traditional Celtic legend of Tristan and Iseult by the Welsh poet and playwright Arthur Symons. - Summary by Alan Map…
After Long Silence
William Butler Yeats
Yeats’s poem ‘After Long Silence’ was written late in life. In it, he reflects on his relationship with the author Olivia Shakespear.
Lydia is gone this many a year
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Lizette Woodworth Reese
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of 'Lydia is gone this many a year' by Lizette Woodworth Reese. This was the Fortnightly Poetry …
The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times
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George Payne Rainsford James
The lot of a younger son was less assured than his older brother in days gone by. It was worse for his descendant, especially if he wanted t…
The Third Violet
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Stephen Crane
The Third Violet is, in almost every respect, a stark departure from Stephen Crane's previous novels: a light, frothy, summertime tale of lo…
A Colony of Girls
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Kate Livingston Willard
A determinedly tight knit family of sisters comes to unexpected tribulation after a ship arrives containing romantic complication and hidden…
One and Two
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Will Carleton
This was the Fortnightly Poetry for November 10, 2013.William McKendree Carleton was an American poet, best known for his poems about his ru…
The Clandestine Marriage
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George Colman the Elder and David Garrick
A secret liaison and wedding. What will happen when they find out? - Summary by Michele Eaton Cast ListLord Ogleby: Greg GiordanoSir John …
Fiander's Widow
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M. E. Francis
A rural romance, as described by the author, set in Dorset. A 58 year old farmer meets the beautiful young grand-daughter of a recently dece…
The Literature of Arabia
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Epiphanius Wilson
A collection of many romantic stories: it has no epic unity. It will remind the reader of the "Morte d'Arthur" of Sir Thomas Malor…
The Lady of Lyons
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Although the author of this play is now famous for writing the most cliché opening line in literature – “It was a dark and stormy nig…
Cyrano de Bergerac (Hooker translation)
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Edmond Rostand
"Cyrano de Bergerac", by Edmond Rostand, is the fictionalized story of the 17th century French swordsman, poet, and author. Rostan…
Epistle to Mrs. Tyler
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Christopher Smart
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epistle to Mrs. Tyler by Christopher Smart. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 25, …
The Stranger
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August Von Kotzebue
This sentimental drama, written by the prolific German dramatist, August von Kotzebue (a friend of Ludwig von Beethoven,) was originally pub…
Song..While with fond rapture
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Tobias Smollett
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Song by Tobias Smollett. This is the weekly poem starting from October 16th, 2011. It's a lov…
Amelia (Vol. 3)
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Henry Fielding
Volume three in the trilogy entitled Amelia. A continuation of the love story of Amelia and her husband Willam Booth and the trials and trib…
Berkeley Square
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John Balderston
A man transports himself 145 years in time to become his own ancestor, the architect of Berkeley Square, the home that the man had inherited…
Conquistador
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Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Wharton Cameron is a young American of Creole descent hired to engineer a spur line for a Mexican railroad. The business folds and he is str…
Rain On The Down
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Arthur Symons
Our Valentine Poem is by Arthur William Symons, a British poet, critic and magazine editor., taken from his collection Silhouettes (1896). …
The Knave of Diamonds
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Ethel M. Dell
After a series of chance encounters, an unlikely friendship blossoms between reserved Englishwoman, Lady Anne Carfax and the free-spirited A…