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Charles Cole Hine - Great Chicago Fire

Historical information relating the nature, extent, and consequences of The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the insurance losses, and the relief costs. A brief interlude of comic relief is inserted midway in the form of a...

Maria Kasper 3 hours 47 minutes

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William Wordsworth - Recluse

In the prefatory advertisement to the First Edition of the Prelude, 1850, it is stated that that poem was designed to be introductory to the Recluse, and that the Recluse, if completed, would have consisted of three...

Andrea Fiore 47 minutes

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Robert Browning - Ring and the Book

«Better translate--»A Roman murder-case: «Position of the entire criminal cause »Of Guido Franceschini, nobleman, «With certain Four the cutthroats in his pay, »Tried, all five, and found guilty and put to...

Tony Oliva 26 hours 7 minutes

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Conrad Aiken - House of Dust: A Symphony

The House of Dust is a poem written in the four-movement format of a classical symphony. Hauntingly beautiful despite its bleak post-World War I depictions of human mortality and loss, the poem develops its movements...

Expatriate 2 hours 21 minutes

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Thomas Hardy - Wessex Poems

A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. — Summary by Libby Gohn

Libby Gohn 2 hours 11 minutes

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Walt Whitman - Drum-Taps

Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. This collection is a direct response to Whitman's personal observations of the Civil War, many of which come from...

Expatriate 1 hour 35 minutes

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Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 5

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Edgar Allan Poe - Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 5

This, the last of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains a collection of both prose and poetry. (Summary by TriciaG) Cast List for Section 42: Narrator / Stage Directions: Ellen Preckel Alessandra:...

Bob Neufeld and 22 more 8 hours 41 minutes

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Walter De la Mare - Collected Poems 1901-1918

Early poems written by Walter de la Mare. de la Mare is best remembered for his works for children. This collection includes: Poems: 1906 The Listeners: 1914 Motley: 1918 Songs of Childhood: 1901 (Summary by...

Claire Schreuder and 19 more 3 hours 46 minutes

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Emily Dickinson - Emily Dickinson on Death

Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published until after her death. This collection includes two letters Dickinson wrote...

Libby Gohn 28 minutes

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Christina Rossetti - Goblin Market and Other Poems

Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossetti's first book of poetry. The title poem is her most famous work: a creepy and sensual tale of two sisters' temptation to eat forbidden fruits....

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 32 minutes

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Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

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Herman Melville - Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems are inspired by second- and third-hand accounts from print news sources...

Clark University 2 hours 24 minutes

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G. K. Chesterton - Poems

Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war poems, love poems, religious poems, ballades and more (Summary by Maria Therese)

Algy Pug and 20 more 2 hours 24 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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