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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]

Sisters’ Tragedy, with Other Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic

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Poetry
Chapter: 34 | Listen: 7

This is a collection of poetry by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The collection includes several poems in the form of dialogues. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Dark Month

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Poetry
Chapter: 31 | Listen:

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 feelings at the loss of his young companion, resulting in haunting images of loneliness and grief. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Three Sunsets and Other Poems

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Poetry
Chapter: 16 | Listen: 2

Lewis Carroll’s most enduring works are the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, but he also wrote some very interesting poetry. The poems in this particular volume are called “serious” in the preface, and though they are written in Lewis Carroll’s accessible style, they are addressed to adults, with many of the poems having themes such as love and death. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

23/07/2024

How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Humor, Literature, Short Stories
Chapter: 3 | Listen:

In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, and finishes with a trip that proves life-changing. [chương_files]

Perverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the Many

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Poetry
Chapter: 13 | Listen: 5

This is a volume of humorous poems by Harry Graham, writing under his pseudonym Col. D. Streamer. In this volume, Graham brings us a unique and original view of popular proverbs, in his own peculiar humorous verse. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Ride to the Lady, and Other Poems

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Poetry
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This is a volume of poems by New York poet Helen Gray Cone. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde

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Poetry
Chapter: 26 | Listen: 3

This is a selection of the early poetry of Oscar Wilde, selected by Robert Ross. As he puts it, “It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde’s early verses may be of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular Ballad of Reading Gaol, also included in this volume. The poems were first collected by their author when he was twenty-six years old, and though never, until recently, well received by the critics, have survived the test of NINE editions. Readers will be able to make for themselves the obvious and striking contrasts between these first and last phases of Oscar Wilde’s literary activity. The intervening period was devoted almost entirely to dramas, prose, fiction, essays, and criticism.” – Summary by Carolin and Robert Ross [chương_files]