Robert Frost, who lived from March 26, 1874 to January 29, 1963, was a winner of 4 Pulitzer prizes and one of America’s best loved poets. This selection of his poems is a short walk through the variety of his simplistic natural themes and complex social understandings. (Summary by Becky Miller, Canal Winchester, Ohio) [chương_files]
Katherine Lauderdale would be a New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy parental home by marrying and Katherine plans to do the same, but her father has already refused to sanction her nuptials with her cousin and childhood sweetheart, Jack Ralston. How will the young couple’s defiance of family and society affect their future life together? Will they even be able to have a future together? – Summary by Lynne Thompson [chương_files]
Long Poems Collection 005: a collection of 10 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length. [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 020: a collection of 20 public domain poems. [chương_files]
Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. It was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 026: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]
This light and somewhat awkward comedy centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright, and the sometimes inscrutable heroine, Angela Vivian. The plot rambles through various romantic entanglements before reaching an uncomplicated, but still believable happy ending. (wikipedia) [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 024: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]
LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 001: a collection of 5 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length. (Summary by Alan Davis-Drake) [chương_files]
Isobel Violet Hunt was a British author renowned for her literary salons, which hosted such notables as H.G. Wells, D.H. Laurence, Henry James, W. Somerset Maugham, Oscar Wilde and Ezra Pound. In White Rose of Weary Leaf (often considered her best work), principal character, Amy, voices many of Hunt’s New Woman theories of sexual, financial, and intellectual autonomy. Amy manages to successfully navigate through society in her roles as secretary and governess, until her reputation as an “Adventuress” leads to a supreme test. – summary by Lisa Reichert [chương_files]
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