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Curiosities of Street Literature

This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The collection contains sensationalist and sometimes comical stories about...

Ed Humpal and 27 more 21 hours 22 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Aldous Huxley - Crome Yellow, Version 2

Fascinating and brilliant at many levels, Huxley's spoof of Lady Ottoline Morrell's famous bohemian gatherings is difficult to categorize. The ironic tone and caricaturish rendering of some characters makes it partly...

Expatriate 6 hours 4 minutes

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Satire

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H. G. Wells - Wonderful Visit

An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Victorian society, as ‘angel’ and humans view each other with equal...

Mary Bard 4 hours 59 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Ivan Goncharov - Common Story

Alexander Fedoritch Adouev is the naïve, pampered son of Anna Pavlovna, a provincial landowner. He decides to go off to Saint Petersburg, not only to make his mark upon society but also to fulfill his two rosy...

Expatriate 10 hours 36 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin - Family of Noblemen

Meet the Golovliovs, the ultimate dysfunctional family. In the difficult transition years before and after the liberation of Russia’s serfs, the Golovliovs are a gentry family ill-equipped to face the adaptations...

Expatriate 11 hours 23 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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F. Anstey - Bayard from Bengal

The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manners, which immediately mark him as a foreigner, and embarks on an enviable...

Don W. Jenkins 2 hours 17 minutes

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H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor

Published 1800 -1900

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W. S. Gilbert - H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor

In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of...

David Wales 1 hour 2 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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W. S. Gilbert - Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu

In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of...

David Wales 1 hour 33 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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George Barr McCutcheon - Yollop

Mr. Crittenden Yollop makes friends with the man who came to burglarize his home and sets out to help him return to where he really wants to be...prison. This humorous satire takes a somewhat different look at...

Barry Eads 1 hour 59 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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May Sinclair - Tysons

Another frank May Sinclair exploration of fin de siècle English love and sex, marriage and adultery, «The Tysons» is the story of the caddish Nevill Tyson and his beautiful but frivolous young wife Molly. Sinclair...

Expatriate 4 hours 56 minutes

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Satire

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Ambrose Bierce - Cynic Looks At Life

Civilization, Immortality, the Death Penalty, these are just a few of the essays enclosed in this collection, A Cynic Looks At Life. Written by Ambrose Bierce, these essays continue to be thought provoking, offering a...

ACBowgus 1 hour 59 minutes

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Satire

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F. Anstey - Mr. Punch's Pocket Ibsen

These short comic parodies of five well-known tragedies by Henrik Ibsen originally appeared in Punch, the British humor magazine. From the prefatory note: «The author is conscious that his imitation is painfully...

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