Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kinetoscope technologies. These stories grew more and more popular as the public became increasingly fascinated with the movies, the film industry, and the odd inhabitants of Hollywood. These stories reflect and often respond to the public’s fascination with the movies; at the same time, they also reveal their fears and anxieties about the new medium. The first volume of this anthology collects 16 short stories and a monologue about motion picture technology and the film industry published between 1895 and 1922. (Summary by ChuckW)
Other Audiobook
Audiobook: Winkie, the Wily Woodchuck: Her Many Adventures
Winkie is a girl woodchuck that is always up for any adventure. And she and
Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our
Audiobook: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (version 2)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Joyce’s semi-autobiographical first novel. It
Audiobook: History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1F
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical
Audiobook: Two Short Catechisms
The first edition of these Catechisms issued from the press in 1645. Dr Owen had
Audiobook: Selected Lead Articles from “THE DAWN”
Louisa Lawson, the mother of Australian writer Henry Lawson, was the founder, publisher and editor
Audiobook: What Shall We Do?
A vivid description of wealth and poverty in Russia in Tolstoy’s day, an inquiry into
Audiobook: Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On
Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself “nothing but an ignorant old woman” who didn’t have
Audiobook: Cottage Cheese Recipe Book
This short recipe book from the Borden Company has a full range of recipes including
Audiobook: Juanita la larga
La novela se situa en la localidad de Villalegre, Con una prosa rica y desenvuelta,
Audiobook: Frauen und ihr Beruf
Luise Büchner war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. In ihrem Buch “Die Frauen und ihr
Audiobook: Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to