War & Military
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - My Hunt After 'The Captain'
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1862. Holmes, Sr. (1809 -1894) was an...
2 hours 11 minutes
Science Fiction
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Randall Garrett - That Sweet Little Old Lady
Randall Garrett had this story first published in Astounding Science Fiction September and October of 1959. His twisted sense of humor and gift for the bizarre situation with believable characters shines here. In the...
4 hours 23 minutes
Tragedy
709
William Shakespeare - Tragedy of Macbeth (Version 2)
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corroding psychological and political effects produced when...
2 hours 15 minutes
General Fiction
914
Alexander Pushkin - Daughter of the Commandant
«The Daughter of the Commandant» (better known as «The Captain's Daughter») is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, and is considered to be his finest prose work. The novel is a romanticized...
3 hours 57 minutes
Humorous Fiction
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Cuey-na-Gael - Irishman's difficulties with the Dutch language
Jack O'Neill, an Irishman, has just returned from a month's holiday in The Netherlands. Before he left, he had boasted to his friends that he would learn the Dutch language within a fortnight. On his return, he has to...
4 hours 59 minutes
*Non-fiction
874
Frances Alice Forbes - Saint Athanasius: The Father of Orthodoxy
A short and rather old fashioned biography a great saint. Don't expect subtlety; it's unapologetic hagiography. The saint is presented as a figure of pristine brilliance, courage and integrity and his persecutors as...
2 hours 59 minutes
Memoirs
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Willard Glazier - Three Years in the Federal Cavalry
Captain Glazier narrates his experiences as a cavalryman in the Federal Army during the Civil War, from his enlistment in New York State to his capture at the battle of Brandy Station. (Summary by Jonathan Limebrook)
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