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Robert F. Murray - Summer Morning

He was young in years, and younger in heart, a lover of youth; and youth, if it could learn and could be warned, might win a lesson from his life. Many of us have trod in his path, and, by some kindness of fate, have...

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 13 minutes

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Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879

Short Stories

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Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879

Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, craft...

A LibriVox Volunteer and 6 more 1 hour 18 minutes Harper's Young People

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Short Stories

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Anna Katharine Green - Thief

At a dinner party, a valuable coin is lost while being passed around among the guests to look at. One of the gentlemen insists to empty his pockets to the host to free himself of all suspicion, and the other gentlemen...

Crln Yldz Ksr 52 minutes

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Poetry

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Theodosia Garrison - Dreamers and Other Poems

This is a volume of poetry by New Jersey poet Theodosia Garrison. Ms. Garrison was a friend of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's, and attained a high level of popularity during her life time. — Summary by Carolin

aishah143 and 8 more 1 hour 17 minutes

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Poetry

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Algernon Charles Swinburne - Dark Month

This is a sequence of poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne. The poems were written in 1881, during the one month in which his seven year old neighbor, Herbert (Bertie) Mason was away.Swinburne describes in 31 poems his...

Larry Wilson and 4 more 50 minutes

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Poetry

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Bliss Carman - Songs from Vagabondia

This is the famous collection «Songs from Vagabondia», a collaboration between Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey, which at once catapulted both poets to extensive fame. The poems in this volume are widely read until...

Larry Wilson and 7 more 1 hour 15 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Herbert Francis Peyser - Mendelssohn And Certain Masterworks

In the compass of the present pamphlet it is impossible to give more than a cursory survey of Mendelssohn’s happy but extraordinarily crowded life. He was only slightly less prolific a composer than such masters as...

David Wales 1 hour 29 minutes

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Barry Cornwall - Petition to Time

Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) was an English poet. Rather unknown outside Britain in his times and largely considered to be imitator of greater romantic authors, Barry Cornwall however inspired...

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 13 minutes

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William Roscoe - Selections from Harris's Cabinet

In the early 1800s, London publisher John Harris began producing small books for children that were designed not to instruct, but to entertain. One of these books, The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by...

Phil Benson 1 hour 7 minutes

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Poetry

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Archibald Lampman - Lyrics of Earth

This is a volume of nature poetry by Canadian poet Archibald Lampman. Lampman is considered one of the most distinguished poets of his time, and is still widely read today. — Summary by Carolin

Rubenwhitter and 8 more 1 hour 18 minutes

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I.W.W. - Its History, Structure, and Method

Essays & Short Works

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Vincent St. John - I.W.W. - Its History, Structure, and Method

“We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system’” The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed «Wobblies,» is an international labor...

P. J. Taylor 1 hour 22 minutes

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War & Military Fiction

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Richard Harding Davis - Somewhere in France

When Captain Henri Ravignac married Marie Gessler, he was mistakenly thinking she was French. But Marie is in fact German, and her command of the French language and culture makes her a perfect spy. At the first...

Crln Yldz Ksr 1 hour 2 minutes

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