Essays & Short Works
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 027
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Vom Schweigen" übersetzt von Gustav Landauer (18…
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
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William Hazlitt
This famous Shakespearean exploration illuminates its plays through the frame of character, while also weighing theme, mood, structure and p…
Insomnia Collection Vol. 004
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Various
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…
Smoke Bellew
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Jack London
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in …
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 031
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Ein Drama in den Lüften" übersetzt von Mart…
De Vulgari Eloquentia
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Dante Alighieri
De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the vernacular) is a short essay written by Dante Alighieri in Latin. The work remains incomplete; on…
Der rasende Reporter
Read by Claus Misfeldt
Egon Erwin Kisch
Kisch veröffentlichte diese Sammlung von Reportagen nach den ersten etwa 10 Jahren seiner Tätigkeit als Autor für verschieden…
Coffee Break Collection 002 - Faith
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Various
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…
The Brilliant Proof (Burhäne Lämé) in reply to an attack upon the Bahai Revelat…
Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
Mírzá Abu’L-Fadl Gulpáygání
“In these days,” writes the renowned Bahá’í scholar, Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl, “which are the latter days of 1911, A. D.…
硝子戸の中 (Garasudono uchi)
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Sōseki Natsume
『硝子戸の中』（がらすどのうち）は、『こゝろ』と『道草』の間に書かれた夏目漱石最後の随筆である。'Garasudono uchi' is Natsume Sōseki's last essay, which was written between 'Kokoro' & '…
Anton Tchekhov: and other essays
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Lev Shestov
This book was called Nachala i Kontzy when first published in 1908 in Russian and has been titled Anton Tchekhov and other essays as well as…
Further Foolishness
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Stephen Leacock
Seventeen goofy stories and essays by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the writte…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047
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Various and Plato
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, A…
Pagan Papers
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Kenneth Grahame
We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 010
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Various
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…
The Last Essays of Elia
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Charles Lamb
Discursive ramblings of a generous mind, no-one would know from Lamb's conversational button-holing of you and telling you whatever is on hi…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 044
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte…
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
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John Donne
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as …
Coffee Break Collection 024 - Ghosts, Ghouls and Spooky Things
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Various
This is the twenty-fourth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…