Arthur Krolman

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Anne Killigrew - Poems (1686)

These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London — only 70 years after William Shakespeare. Her diction is readily accessible to...

Arthur Krolman 1 hour 49 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 048

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought--Phtah-Hotep, Petrarch, Diderot, Bertrand Russell, and the Weymouth New Testament;...

Craig Campbell and 10 more Short Nonfiction Collections

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Published before 1800

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Tobias Smollett - Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

You can call me Dr. Fathom. Or Count Fathom. But I'm not who I say I am. And can you blame me? My mother was a soldiers' harlot who pocketed extra loot by wandering through the battlefield stripping the dead and...

Arthur Krolman 16 hours 33 minutes

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Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert - Windfall and Waterdrift

This little square book, the colour of meadow forget-me-nots, is so modest and simple that it may very easily be passed over in a period which has little sympathy with tenderness of feeling and simplicity of...

Arthur Krolman 1 hour 50 minutes

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Jonathan Swift - Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two

He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheridan, for one, Jonathan Swift delighted in the 18th century equivalent of a...

Arthur Krolman 9 hours 53 minutes

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Jonathan Swift - Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw — and maybe recognize your own. Think there is such a thing as corrupt rich guys who pretend they're God's gift to the...

Arthur Krolman 9 hours 21 minutes

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Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Homer - Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice

Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the rest are about a dozen lines each. They are written in Homeric style and...

Arthur Krolman 3 hours 7 minutes

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Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Hesiod - Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles

Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the ancestry of the gods. The Shield of Heracles is the adventure of Heracles accepting an enemy's challenge to fight....

Arthur Krolman 2 hours 29 minutes

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Published before 1800

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Tobias Smollett - Adventures of Roderick Random

I am Roderick Random. This is the contemporary story of my struggle against the adversity of orphan-hood, poverty, press gangs, bloody duels, rival fortune hunters, and the challenge to be well-dressed through it...

Arthur Krolman 19 hours 9 minutes

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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2

Humorous Fiction

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Thomas Lansing Masson - Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2

Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Ambrose Bierce, Oliver Wendell Holmes,...

Bob Scott and 12 more 4 hours 49 minutes

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Aldous Huxley - Defeat of Youth and Other Poems

Though later known for his essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1918, The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems is his third compilation of poetry. The volume begins with...

Arthur Krolman and 4 more 1 hour 23 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Watchman and Other Poems

While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon , she also wrote hundreds of poems. Her love of beauty, nature, and the sea is evident in this, the only...

Beth Thomas and 19 more 3 hours 2 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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