Single Author Collections
Violets And Other Tales
Read by James K. White
Alice Dunbar Nelson
This is a collection of the author's short stories and poems where she writes about the collective experience of African American women, and…
Now We Are Six
Read by Winnifred Assmann
A. A. Milne
Milne's second book of children's poetry: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young ... and no…
Twilight Voices
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William Allingham
William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor, who wrote several volumes of lyric verse. (Summary by David Lawrence)
The Early Poems of Hart Crane
Read by Winston Tharp
Hart Crane
A collection of Hart Crane poems published before 1923.These poems originally appeared in a variety of magazines (The Pagan, The Double Deal…
Italian Life and Legends
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
A mix of short works written by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie during her residence in Florence from 1864-65, this collection was edited and prepa…
Fables for the Frivolous
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writing…
Day Dreams
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Rudolph Valentino
Published in 1923, Day Dreams is a collection of poems written by Hollywood screen icon Rudolph Valentino. Authored during Valentino’s court…
In Flanders Fields and Other Poems
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John Mccrae
John McCrae, physician, soldier, and poet, died in France a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Canadian forces.The poem which gives this collection…
Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
Selected Poems
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
George Herbert
These poems, from Herbert’s book The Temple, show the evolution of a soul’s relationship with God. Sudden reversals of mood are common, for …
Not That it Matters (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
A. A. MILNE:…was best known for the perennially popular Pooh (Winnie the), arguably one of his lesser contributions to the literature of his…
Rock Me to Sleep
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Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen
Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen was an American author, journalist and poet. - Summary by Wikipedia
Men I'm Not Married To (Stories)
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker was a poet, writer and satirist of the foibles of the early 20th century (not least, of Prohibition), and a founding member o…
Maud, and Other Poems (Version 2)
Read by MichaelMaggs
Alfred Tennyson and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Surely everyone knows “Maud”? Isn’t that the Victorian love song, where the man waits by the garden gate for his lover to appear for a secre…
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
A Spring Harvest
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Geoffrey Bache Smith
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (Version 2)
Read by Peter Yearsley
M. R. James
The fourth collection of ghost stories made by the author, including one written for Queen Victoria (The haunted doll's house). - Summary b…
The Human Boy And The War
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
Published in 1916, this is the third collection of thirteen humorous short stories about English school boys in a boarding school in the fic…
Poems
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Nora May French
Nora May French was a Californian poet and a member of the bohemian literary circles of the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club, which flourished af…
Beyond the Stars
Read by Nemo
Charles Hanson Towne
Charles Hanson Towne was a well known editor, author and poet. He was a popular New York celebrity who was considered by many as being the q…