James K. White

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Louis Hughes - Thirty Years A Slave

Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly as a house servant, but was privy to the intimate details and workings of...

James K. White 4 hours 54 minutes

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Satire

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Robert Smythe Hichens - Green Carnation

The Green Carnation, first published anonymously in 1894, was a scandalous novel by Robert Hichens whose lead characters are closely based on Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas — also known as 'Bosie', whom the...

ElleyKat and 2 more 4 hours 52 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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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Alicia Stuart Aspinwall - Short Stories for Short People

This is a collection of short stories by Alicia Aspinwall. — Summary by Carolin

NarratorJenny and 12 more 4 hours 39 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Charles John Tibbits - Folk-lore and Legends: Russian and Polish

In this volume I present selections made from the Russian chap-book literature, and from the works of various Russian and Polish collectors of Folklore—Afanasief, Erben, Wojcicki, Glinski, etc. The chap-book tales,...

DrPGould and 9 more 4 hours 38 minutes

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Fairy Stories my Children Love Best of All

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Edgar Dubs Shimer - Fairy Stories my Children Love Best of All

In this collection, we get to know which fairy tales Mr Shimer loved to tell his kids. Some of the stories may be familiar, but most of them may be new to you. We hope that you will enjoy listening to these stories...

Matt Bounds and 17 more 4 hours 36 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

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Alexandre Chatrian - Man-Wolf

«The Man-Wolf» is a 38,000 word novella that appears in the English language collection of short stories entitled, The Man-Wolf and Other Tales. The other tales in that collection were not recorded for this project....

James K. White and 1 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Hannah Hudson Moore - Deeds of Daring done by Girls

Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts beat beneath muslin frocks as under stuff jackets. When you have finished...

James K. White and 5 more 4 hours 12 minutes

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General Fiction

Oscar Wilde - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories. This collection exemplifies Wilde's sharp wit and dark humour. Stories in this collection include Lord Arthur...

Alex Lau and 1 more 4 hours 10 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Negro Problem

This is a collection of essays, edited by Booker T. Washington, representative of what historians have characterized as «racial uplift ideology.» These and other similar narratives of the time were a reaction to the...

James K. White 3 hours 57 minutes

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Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart

Poetry

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Maria W. Stewart - Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart

Maria W. Stewart was America's first black woman political writer. Between 1831 and 1833, she gave four speeches on the topics of slavery and women's rights. Meditations From The Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart...

James K. White 3 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

Herman Melville - Benito Cereno

On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvious distress. Capt. Delano boards the San Dominick, providing needed...

Nullifidian and 5 more 3 hours 53 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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