Category Archives: Essay/Short nonfiction
Audiobook: A Miscellany of Men
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world’s most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful
Audiobook: An Essay on Criticism
An Essay on Criticism was the first major poem written by the English writer Alexander
Audiobook: Faces and Places
Faces and Places is a collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, events and personalities
Audiobook: The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of
Audiobook: Irish Impressions
“For the Irish Question has never been discussed in England. Men have discussed Home Rule;
Audiobook: Robert Browning
There is an old anecdote, probably apocryphal, which describes how a feminine admirer wrote to
Audiobook: Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
“Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by
Audiobook: Miscellaneous Pieces
John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was
Audiobook: Lord Kitchener
“The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this–that, destined as he
Audiobook: Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne.
Audiobook: Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain
This is a collection of newspaper articles written by Samuel Clemens, for various newspapers, between
Audiobook: על פרשת דרכים At the Crossroads (Selected Essays)
This recording is in Hebrew. Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (1856 – 1927), primarily known by
Audiobook: Sammlung kurzer Werke von Karl May
Sammlung von 19 kurzen Werken von Karl May:
Audiobook: British & American Periodical Articles 1852-1905
A dozen assorted articles from British and American periodicals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Punch, The
Audiobook: Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic
Audiobook: The Copyright Question
This is a letter to the Toronto Board of Trade regarding Canadian copyrights. Morang requested
Audiobook: Collection: Tales of the Cities
This is a collection of city stories, fiction or non-fiction, in English and published before
Audiobook: On Something
“Now that story is a symbol, and tells the truth. We see some one thing
Audiobook: Multilingual 1910 Collection
This is a compilation of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction first published in the year 1910,
Audiobook: What is Man? and Other Essays
“What Is Man?”, published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young
Audiobook: On Nothing & Kindred Subjects
“I knew a man once, Maurice, who was at Oxford for three years, and after
Audiobook: This, That, and the Other
“When Fame comes upon a man well before death then must he most particularly beware
Audiobook: Americans and Others
A collection of sometimes biting, always clever commentaries on some of life’s foibles — as
Audiobook: Dark Moon
Mysterious, dark, out of the unknown deep comes a new satellite to lure three courageous
Audiobook: Nature Near Home and Other Papers
Nature Near Home is one of many books on natural history by John Burroughs. It
Audiobook: On Anything
“Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that
Audiobook: Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing
Bennett’s essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips.
Audiobook: Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
A second volume of humorous essays on various subjects, following the success of Idle thoughts
Audiobook: Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition, and Duties of Women
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was an American feminist, writer, and intellectual associated with the Transcendentalist movement.
Audiobook: Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton
In this collection, Bevis Hillier has put together some of Chesterton’s essays in “The Defandant”,