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Travel & Geography

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William A Alcott - Three Days On The Ohio River

This 1854 narration of a trip upon the Ohio River in a steamboat from Cincinnati to Pittsburg gives a picture of travel in a different time and almost a different United States. The author was well-known in his time...

David Wales 48 minutes

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Poetry

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D. H. Lawrence - Love Poems and Others

This is a collection of poems by DH Lawrence. Most of the poems concern love and neighboring emotions, but some poems also concern other themes. — Summary by Carolin

Melissa Perry and 7 more 1 hour 20 minutes

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Poetry

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Sophia Margaretta Hensley - Poems

This is a volume of early poetry by Sophia Margaretta Hensley. — Summary by Carolin

Larry Wilson and 4 more 32 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 171

This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2017.

Phil Schempf and 10 more 58 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Alice Meynell - London Impressions

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing...

Lynn Lee and 5 more 1 hour 23 minutes

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Single author

453

Alice Meynell - Father of Women and Other Poems

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing...

Eva Davis and 4 more 25 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

414

Michael Earls - Sailor

Michael Earls, S.J. was a Jesuit priest, as well as a writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. — Summary by Wikipedia

Bruce Kachuk and 8 more 13 minutes

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Single author

441

Rainer Maria Rilke - Poems

A concise collection of poems translated from the great German poet Rilke into formal English verse. Although the translation may be freer than some modern texts, this selection, which spans early and later writings...

Eva Davis 1 hour 21 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

439

Francis William Lauderdale Adams - One Among So Many

Adams' energy and drive can be seen through his large output of written work in his short lifetime. He often wrote quickly and did little revision, living as he did on the proceeds of his own work rather than with the...

Bruce Kachuk and 6 more 29 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

508

Emily Brontë - Hope

Emily Jane Brontë was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Brontë...

Bruce Kachuk and 13 more 18 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

443

Walt Whitman - When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Whitman claimed that after years of competing for «the usual rewards», he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with a variety of popular literary genres which appealed to the cultural tastes of the...

Algy Pug and 18 more 19 minutes

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Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind, with an Account of the Means of Preventing, and of the Remedies for Curing Them

Essays & Short Works

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Dr. Benjamin Rush - Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind, with an Account of the Means of Preventing, and of the Remedies for Curing Them

Written when the United States extended only to the Mississippi River, by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this short work explores the physical, social, and mental effects of distilled liquors;...

TriciaG 1 hour 4 minutes

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