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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Humor, Literature, Non-fiction
Chapter: 13 | Listen: 5

“In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The lack of reciprocity in it seemed unfair. It was felt (or at least I felt) that the time had come when some one ought to go over and take some impressions off England. The choice of such a person (my choice) fell upon myself. By an arrangement with the Geographical Society of America, acting in conjunction with the Royal Geographical Society of England (to both of whom I communicated my proposal), I went at my own expense.” And from thence follow the impressions of Canadian political economist and humourist, Stephen Leacock, after a lecturing visit to England. [chương_files]

Fires of Driftwood

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Poetry
Chapter: 98 | Listen: 5

This is a collection of poetry by Canadian poet and playwright Isabel Ecclestone Mackay. Though Ms. Mackay’s poetry was popular and widely published during her lifetime, her poetry is today not very well-known. Her poetry is, however, of an enduring charm and beauty, which should not fail to interest modern readers. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

23/07/2024

Astounding Stories 02, February 1930

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Literature, Science Fiction
Chapter: 12 | Listen: 3

This is the second issue of the classic science fiction Astounding Magazine. It contains the finale of The Beetle Horde by Victor Rousseau, as well as stories by Harl Vincent, Charles Willard Diffin, Hugh B. Cave, Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Sterner St. Paul, Anthony Pelcher and Captain S. P. Meek. [chương_files]

Sixteen Poems

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Poetry
Chapter: 16 | Listen: 2

This is a collection of 16 poems by William Allingham, selected and brought together by his admirer William Butler Yeats several years after Allingham’s death. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 160

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Poetry
Chapter: 26 | Listen:

This is a collection of 26 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2016. [chương_files]

Voice on the Wind, and Other Poems

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Poetry
Chapter: 40 | Listen:

This is a volume of poems by Madison Julius Cawein, “the Keats of Kentucky”, published at the height of his popularity in 1902. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

1914, and Other Poems

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Poetry
Chapter: 32 | Listen: 3

This is a volume of poems by Rupert Brooke, named after the famous poems “1914”, written during and about World War I. Brooke himself died while taking part in a naval expedition to the Dardanelles, and was buried in Greece. The poems he wrote during the war were published posthumously and are the poems for which he is best-known today. This volume also contains poems written during a journey around the Pacific, and a number of miscellaneous poems. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses

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Poetry
Chapter: 51 | Listen:

This is a volume of poetry by Henry Lawson, the well-known Australian poet. Some of the poems in this collection are still widely taught in school, some others are not widely known at this time. All of them, however, paint vivid images of Australia around the turn of the last century. As The Academy put it in 1909, “These ballads (for such they mostly are) abound in spirit and manhood, in the colour and smell of Australian soil. They deserve the popularity which they have won in Australia, and which, we trust, this edition will now give them in England.” – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

23/07/2024

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Non-fiction
Chapter: 45 | Listen:

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt’s more famous essays that hadn’t been previously published in book format. [chương_files]

23/07/2024

In Our Convent Days

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Humor, Memoirs, Non-fiction
Chapter: 8 | Listen: 3

With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelphia. She shares the highlights (and some of the low lights) of her time there. Perhaps this sharp eye, nurtured by her willfulness and independent spirit, was the reason she was not invited to return to Eden after her second year. Not only Catholics or boarding school alumnae will find this book entertaining; anyone who went to school or who looks back on their childhood will see their own experience somewhere in this memoir. [chương_files]