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Birth Control and the State

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Political Science
Chapter: 7 | Listen: 1

This essay is one of a great number that endorse the principle of eugenics, a controversial study and practice that aims for society or government to ‘self-direct’ the course of human evolution. In this essay, one finds discussion of contraception, abortion, population growth and war, as well as questions of ‘race.’ One finds here a use of the term ‘race’ meaning something far different than what is used today. This is a provocative essay. – Summary by KevinS [chương_files]

Wedding Poems

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Poetry
Chapter: 11 | Listen: 2

In honor of Kristin and Corey’s wedding (April 2006) we’ve recorded a selection of wedding-themed poems. Congratulations, you two! [chương_files]

11/07/2024

Friends of Ukraine Publications

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Political Science
Chapter: 9 | Listen: 1

A number of publications distributed by the Friends of Ukraine in the period after the First World War when the Ukraine was struggling for its independence. (Summary by KevinS) [chương_files]

All Roads Lead to Calvary

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 18 | Listen: 6

“All Roads Lead to Calvary is a 1919 novel by the British writer Jerome K. Jerome. It was one of the last works written by Jerome, better known for his Three Men in a Boat, and shows the influence of the First World War on him. It is a Bildungsroman in which a Cambridge University educated woman Joan Allway becomes a journalist and then a wartime ambulance driver. She encounters various people, gaining new experiences and confronting many of the moral issues of the day . .. In 1921 the novel was turned into a silent British film All Roads Lead to Calvary directed by Kenelm Foss.” – Summary by Wikipedia [chương_files]

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, ed. Robert Bridges

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Poetry
Chapter: 19 | Listen: 3

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89) was an English poet, educated at Oxford. Entering the Roman Catholic Church in 1866 and the Jesuit novitiate in 1868, he was ordained in 1877. Upon becoming a Jesuit he burned much of his early verse and abandoned the writing of poetry. However, the sinking in 1875 of a German ship carrying five Franciscan nuns, exiles from Germany, inspired him to write one of his most impressive poems “The Wreck of the Deutschland.” Thereafter he produced his best poetry, including “God’s Grandeur,” “The Windhover,” “The Leaden Echo,” and “The Golden Echo.” [chương_files]

Избранные (Из жизни маленьких людей)

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 12 | Listen: 2

Ироничное повествование о том, как “маленькие люди” приезжают в большой город по случаю чрезвычайного происшествия в их местечке. Благодарю Эллу Оршанскую и Светлану Король-Зарецкую за консультации и поддержку. (Автор краткого описания: Hanna Ponomarenko) [chương_files]

In diesem Erdenthal der Thränen

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 3 | Listen: 5

Erzählung über zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen, die menschliche Psyche im Allgemeinen sowie das Verhältnis des Menschen zur Natur und Umwelt in der für den Autor typischen symbolhaften Sprache. – Summary by Friedrich [chương_files]

11/07/2024

Crux

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Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 13 | Listen: 3

“This story is, first, for young women to read; second, for young men to read; after that, for anybody who wants to. Anyone who doubts its facts and figures is referred to “Social Diseases and Marriage,” by Dr. Prince Morrow, or to “Hygiene and Morality,” by Miss Lavinia Dock, a trained nurse of long experience. Some will hold that the painful facts disclosed are unfit for young girls to know. Young girls are precisely the ones who must know them, in order that they may protect themselves and their children to come. The time to know of danger is before it is too late to avoid it.” From the Preface to The Crux. A novel about the potential dangers of syphilis to one over-sheltered but rebellious young woman in 19th century America and the circle of friends who counsel her against making a disastrous marriage. – Summary by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Winnifred Assmann [chương_files]

LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection

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Essays & Short Works, Short Stories
Chapter: 31 | Listen: 2

This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that “bunch of volunteers” who make up the worldwide LibriVox community. The readings are held together by their connection to the number “15.” The collection is multilingual. Readings can be in any language. The selections, which are chosen by the readers, include fiction, nonfiction, poems, short stories, and articles. – Summary by KevinS [chương_files]

Short Stories From Life

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Anthologies, Published 1900 onward
Chapter: 82 | Listen: 7

Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maximum. The shortest story accepted, and the one where the author received the highest payout, came in at 76 words. The stories published here where considered the best of the over 30,000 submissions. This volume presents the 81 best stories including the prize winning stories: (First Prize) Thicker Than Water by Ralph Henry Barbour and George Randolph Osborne, (Second Prize) The Answer by Harry Stillwell Edwards, and (Third Prize – tie) Her Memory by Dwight M. Wiley and Business and Ethics by Redfield Ingalls. – Summary taken from the Preface [chương_files]