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Rural Rides by William COBBETT (1763 - 1835)
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Read by: Nicole Lee in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - From London to Gloucester
00:40:26 - 02 - From Gloucester to Kensington
01:26:09 - 03 - Kentish Journal
01:40:20 - 04 - Norfolk and Suffolk Journal
02:03:07 - 05 - Sussex Journal: To Battle
02:22:48 - 06 - Sussex Journal: Through Croydon
02:57:11 - 07 - Huntingdon Journal
03:09:48 - 08 - Journal: Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
03:27:58 - 09 - Rural Ride, from Kensington to Uphusband
04:21:30 - 10 - Through Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex Part 1
05:08:09 - 11 - Through Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex Part 2
06:01:08 - 12 - Rural Ride from Kensington to Worth; from the London Wen
06:59:35 - 13 - Rural Ride through the South East of Hampshire Part 1
William Cobbett: 1763-1835 English farmer, journalist and politician. His book Rural Rides collects together the articles published in his Political Register between 1822 and 1826, reflecting conditions of farmers and labourers in the English countryside, together with his views on the necessary actions for remedy and the shortcomings of government in this regard. Although this sounds amazingly dry, his forthright personality, original views and conversational tone, as well as the startling relevance of many of his topics to current political and social issues, give Rural Rides the immediacy and liveliness of a 19th century blog. (Summary by fbtoast)
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Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Read by: Nicole Lee in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - From London to Gloucester
00:40:26 - 02 - From Gloucester to Kensington
01:26:09 - 03 - Kentish Journal
01:40:20 - 04 - Norfolk and Suffolk Journal
02:03:07 - 05 - Sussex Journal: To Battle
02:22:48 - 06 - Sussex Journal: Through Croydon
02:57:11 - 07 - Huntingdon Journal
03:09:48 - 08 - Journal: Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
03:27:58 - 09 - Rural Ride, from Kensington to Uphusband
04:21:30 - 10 - Through Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex Part 1
05:08:09 - 11 - Through Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex Part 2
06:01:08 - 12 - Rural Ride from Kensington to Worth; from the London Wen
06:59:35 - 13 - Rural Ride through the South East of Hampshire Part 1
William Cobbett: 1763-1835 English farmer, journalist and politician. His book Rural Rides collects together the articles published in his Political Register between 1822 and 1826, reflecting conditions of farmers and labourers in the English countryside, together with his views on the necessary actions for remedy and the shortcomings of government in this regard. Although this sounds amazingly dry, his forthright personality, original views and conversational tone, as well as the startling relevance of many of his topics to current political and social issues, give Rural Rides the immediacy and liveliness of a 19th century blog. (Summary by fbtoast)
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Barchester Towers (version 2) by Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
Genre(s): General Fiction
Read by: Nick Whitley in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 31 - The Bishop's Library
00:16:06 - 32 - A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours
01:05:03 - 33 - Mrs. Proudie Victrix
01:36:17 - 34 - Oxford--The Master and Tutor of Lazarus
02:00:06 - 35 - Miss Thorne's Fete Champetre
02:28:28 - 36 - Ullathorne Sports--Act I.
02:59:51 - 37 - The Countess De Courcy, Mrs. Proudie, and the Signora Neroni Meet Each Other at Ullathorne
03:29:43 - 38 - The Bishop Sits Down to Breakfast, and the Dean Dies
04:04:37 - 39 - The Lookalofts and the Greenacres
04:28:57 - 40 - Ullathorne Sports--Act II.
04:57:21 - 41 - Mrs. Bold Confides Her Sorrow to Her Friend Miss Stanhope
05:19:45 - 42 - Ullathorne Sports--Act III.
05:55:59 - 43 - Mr. and Mrs. Quiverful Are Made Happy. Mr. Slope Is Encouraged by the Press
06:32:55 - 44 - Mrs. Bold at Home
06:56:42 - 45 - The Stanhopes at Home
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'. It follows on from The Warden, set some years later, with some of the same characters. Among other things it satirises the then raging antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents. Trollope began writing this book in 1855. He wrote constantly, and made himself a writing-desk so he could continue writing while travelling by train. 'Pray know that when a man begins writing a book he never gives over,' he wrote in a letter during this period. 'The evil with which he is beset is as inveterate as drinking - as exciting as gambling.' And, years later in his autobiography, he observed 'In the writing of Barchester Towers I took great delight. The bishop and Mrs. Proudie were very real to me, as were also the troubles of the archdeacon and the loves of Mr. Slope.' But when he submitted his finished work, his publisher, William Longman, initially turned it down, finding much of it to be full of 'vulgarity and exaggeration'. More recent critics offer a more sanguine opinion. 'Barchester Towers is many readers' favourite Trollope', wrote The Guardian, which included it in its list of '1000 novels everyone must read'. Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Instead, owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see. His wife, Mrs Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop unpopular with most of the clergy of the diocese. Her interference to veto the reappointment of the universally popular Mr Septimus Harding (protagonist of Trollope's earlier novel, The Warden) as warden of Hiram's Hospital is not well received, even though she gives the position to a needy clergyman, Mr Quiverful, with 14 children to support. Now listen on... Summary by Wikipedia
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Culture and Cooking; Or, Art in the Kitchen by Catherine OWEN ( - 1889)
Genre(s): Cooking
Read by: BettyB, Peter Yearsley, Matthew Tink, Aaron Rivera, jftocanada in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Preface and a few Preliminary Remarks
00:23:46 - 02 - On Bread
00:42:50 - 03 - Pastry
00:54:18 - 04 - What to have in your Store-Room
01:07:26 - 05 - Luncheon
01:28:18 - 06 - A Chapter on General Management in very small Families
01:43:39 - 07 - On Frying and Broiling
01:54:49 - 08 - Roasting
02:00:06 - 09 - Boiling
02:08:37 - 10 - Sauces
02:12:50 - 11 - Warming over
02:36:38 - 12 - On Friandises
02:49:45 - 13 - French Candy at Home
02:58:30 - 14 - A Chapter for People of very small Means
03:15:03 - 15 - A few Things it is well to Remember
03:20:13 - 16 - On some Table Prejudices
03:25:32 - 17 - A Chapter of Odds and Ends - Valedictory
This is not a cookery book. It makes no attempt to replace a good one; it is rather an effort to fill up the gap between you and your household oracle, whether she be one of those exasperating old friends who maddened our mother with their vagueness, or the newer and better lights of our own generation, the latest and best of all being a lady as well known for her novels as for her works on domestic economy—one more proof, if proof were needed, of the truth I endeavor to set forth—if somewhat tediously forgive me—in this little book: that cooking and cultivation are by no means antagonistic. Who does not remember with affectionate admiration Charlotte Bronté taking the eyes out of the potatoes stealthily, for fear of hurting the feelings of her purblind old servant; or Margaret Fuller shelling peas?The chief difficulty, I fancy, with women trying recipes is, that they fail and know not why they fail, and so become discouraged, and this is where I hope to step in. But although this is not a cookery book, insomuch as it does not deal chiefly with recipes, I shall yet give a few; but only when they are, or I believe them to be, better than those in general use, or good things little known, or supposed to belong to the domain of a French chef, of which I have introduced a good many. Should I succeed in making things that were obscure before clear to a few women, I shall be as proud as was Mme. de Genlis when she boasts in her Memoirs that she has taught six new dishes to a German housewife. Six new dishes! When Brillat-Savarin says: 'He who has invented one new dish has done more for the pleasure of mankind than he who has discovered a star.' - Summary by the Preface
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The Girl From Hollywood by Edgar Rice BURROUGHS (1875 - 1950)
Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Published 1900 onward
Read by: Joseph DeNoia in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 34 - Chapter XXXIV
00:13:57 - 35 - Chapter XXXV
00:30:16 - 36 - Chapter XXXVI
00:36:20 - 37 - Chapter XXXVII
The countryside outside of Los Angeles is a paradise on Earth: nature gives bounty on the land, the animals are majestic, the oaks breathe and the natural pools and ponds are all you would want on a summer's day. And if you are a Pennington or an Evans, life is simple and complete. However, every paradise has a serpent. For Rancho Ganado, that comes in the shape of Bootlegging, Drugs and Murder. All the vice of nearby Hollywood manifest themselves in the picturesque landscape, throwing the lives of these families into turmoil. - Summary by Joseph DeNoiaProof-listened by KevinS and linny
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Phaedo by PLATO (ΠΛΆΤΩΝ) (c. 428 BC - c. 347 BC), translated by Benjamin JOWETT (1817 - 1893)
Genre(s): Classics (Antiquity), *Non-fiction, History
Read by: Bob Neufeld in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - 01 - Part 1
00:17:35 - 02 - 02 - Part 2
00:37:19 - 03 - 03 - Part 3
01:01:41 - 04 - 04 - Part 4
01:23:25 - 05 - 05 - Part 5
01:56:34 - 06 - 06 - Part 6
02:14:33 - 07 - 07 - Part 7
02:36:09 - 08 - 08 - Part 8
Plato's Phaedo is one of the great dialogues of his middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The Phaedo, which depicts the death of Socrates, is also Plato's seventh and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final days (the first six being Theaetetus, Euthyphro, Sophist, Statesman, Apology, and Crito).In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being executed by drinking hemlock. Socrates has been imprisoned and sentenced to death by an Athenian jury for not believing in the gods of the state and for corrupting the youth of the city. The dialogue is told from the perspective of one of Socrates' students, Phaedo of Elis. Having been present at Socrates' death bed, Phaedo relates the dialogue from that day to Echecrates, a fellow philosopher. By engaging in dialectic with a group of Socrates' friends, including the Thebans Cebes and Simmias, Socrates explores various arguments for the soul's immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion, he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates. Source - Wikipedia
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The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1 by Edward Tyas COOK (1857 - 1919)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Read by: Michele Fry, MaryAnn, Jim Locke, BettyB, Lisa Ellen Quintana, deongines, Pamela Nagami, Kate Meehan, lukija, James K. White, Amelia Chesley, Kathrine Engan, Kathleen Moore in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 35 - Part III Chapter III: Enforcing a Report
00:32:00 - 36 - Part III Chapter IV: Reaping the Fruit
00:59:19 - 37 - Part III Chapter IV: Reaping the Fruit, continued
01:27:56 - 38 - Part III Chapter V: The Death of Sidney Herbert
01:59:48 - 39 - Part IV Chapter I: The Hospital Reformer
02:34:00 - 40 - Part IV Chapter II: The Passionate Statistician
02:59:47 - 41 - Part IV Chapter III: The Founder of Modern Nursing
03:22:47 - 42 - Part IV Chapter III: The Founder of Modern Nursing, continued
03:42:03 - 43 - Part IV Chapter IV: The Nightingale Nurses
04:11:19 - 44 - Part IV Chapter V: The Religious Sanction: Suggestions for Thought
04:34:20 - 45 - Part IV Chapter V: The Religious Sanction: Suggestions for Thought, continued
05:14:52 - 46 - Part IV Chapter VI: Miss Nightingale at Home
05:39:20 - 47 - Part IV Chapter VI: Miss Nightingale at Home, continued
A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of 'The Lady With The Lamp', and the 'Founder Of Modern Nursing'. This well written saga covers the vastly more expanded story of her development into an intelligent woman with a high purpose, her social standing and family connections that opened many doors for her, her extensive work after the Crimean War working with governments to develop better health care delivery systems to the indigent in England and in India, and her voluminous writings on numerous topics. Volume 1 recounts her life from childhood through 1861. (Summary by Michele Fry)
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded by Lewis CARROLL (1832 - 1898)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by: Catharine Eastman in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Preface
00:27:27 - 01 - Bruno's Lessons
00:48:50 - 02 - Love's Curfew
01:07:10 - 03 - Streaks of Dawn
01:24:48 - 04 - The Dog-King
01:39:23 - 05 - Matilda Jane
01:56:28 - 06 - Willie's Wife
02:10:41 - 07 - Fortunatus' Purse
02:29:45 - 08 - In a Shady Place
02:46:26 - 09 - The Farewell-Party
03:09:57 - 10 - Jabbering and Jam
03:28:48 - 11 - The Man in the Moon
03:44:25 - 12 - Fairy-Music
04:05:55 - 13 - What Tottles Meant
04:29:15 - 14 - Bruno's Picnic
04:54:45 - 15 - The Little Foxes
05:10:31 - 16 - Beyond These Voices
05:29:15 - 17 - To The Rescue!
05:50:45 - 18 - A Newspaper-Cutting
05:56:11 - 19 - A Fairy-Duet
06:24:19 - 20 - Gammon and Spinach
06:45:31 - 21 - The Professor's Lecture
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded continues the adventures of the many characters in the previous volume Sylvie and Bruno. The fairy-children Sylvie and Bruno are charming whenever they appear, their fairy companions such as the Professor delight in taking ideas to their logical (and humorous) conclusions, and many nonsense songs are sung. Meanwhile, the mortals (comprised of the unnamed narrator, the gracious Lady Muriel and the sententious Arthur) tend to become the vehicles for Carroll's regular sermons on morality and proper Christian values. (Summary by Catharine Eastman)
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The Dhammapada (Version 2) by UNKNOWN ( - ), translated by F. Max MÜLLER (1823 - 1900)
Genre(s): Other religions
Read by: Jothi Tharavant in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter I. The Twin-Verses
00:07:45 - 02 - Chapter II. On Earnestness
00:12:16 - 03 - Chapter III. Thought
00:15:54 - 04 - Chapter IV. Flowers
00:21:14 - 05 - Chapter V. The Fool
00:26:53 - 06 - Chapter VI. The Wise Man (Pandita)
00:31:36 - 07 - Chapter VII. The Venerable (Arhat).
00:35:19 - 08 - Chapter VIII. The Thousands
00:40:16 - 09 - Chapter IX. Evil
00:44:40 - 10 - Chapter X. Punishment
00:50:12 - 11 - Chapter XI. Old Age
00:53:58 - 12 - Chapter XII. Self
00:57:47 - 13 - Chapter XIII. The World
01:01:37 - 14 - Chapter XIV. The Buddha (The Awakened)
01:07:57 - 15 - Chapter XV. Happiness
01:12:22 - 16 - Chapter XVI. Pleasure
01:16:31 - 17 - Chapter XVII. Anger
01:21:23 - 18 - Chapter XVIII. Impurity
01:27:53 - 19 - Chapter XIX. The Just
01:32:52 - 20 - Chapter XX. The Way
01:37:56 - 21 - Chapter XXI. Miscellaneous
01:42:34 - 22 - Chapter XXII. The Downward Course
01:47:22 - 23 - Chapter XXIII. The Elephant
01:51:59 - 24 - Chapter XXIV. Thirst
02:01:36 - 25 - Chapter XXV. The Bhikshu (Mendicant)
02:09:50 - 26 - Chapter XXVI. The Brahmana (Arhat)
- A Collection of Verses Being One of the Canonical Books of the BuddhistsDhammapada means 'The path of Dharma.' The Pali word Dhamma corresponds to the Sankrit word Dharma. It is a collection of the teachings of the Buddha. These verses, compiled by Buddha's students in the years following his final Nirvana, were culled from various discourses given by the Buddha in the course of forty-five years of his teaching, as he travelled in the valley of the Ganges and the sub-mountain tract of the Himalayas. These 423 verses are often terse, witty, and convincing. Whenever similes are used, they are those that are easily understood even by a child, e.g., the cart's wheel, a man's shadow, a deep pool, flowers. Through these verses, the Buddha exhorts one to achieve that greatest of all conquests, the conquest of self; to escape from the evils of passion, hatred and ignorance. (Summary by Jothi)
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Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School; or, Fast Friends in the Sororities (version 2) by Jessie Graham FLOWER ( - 1931)
Genre(s): General
Read by: Christine Blachford in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - 01 - A New Arrival
00:13:42 - 02 - 02 - Confidences
00:23:56 - 03 - 03 - An Autumn Walking Expedition
00:35:47 - 04 - 04 - Grace Makes a Discovery
00:46:34 - 05 - 05 - The Phi Sigma Tau
01:01:11 - 06 - 06 - A Visit to Eleanor
01:11:25 - 07 - 07 - The Claim of the 'Artistic Temperament'
01:18:39 - 08 - 08 - Eleanor Throws Down the Gauntlet
01:29:33 - 09 - 09 - The Rescue Party
01:37:38 - 10 - 10 - Julia Performs a Sacred Duty
01:53:07 - 11 - 11 - Worries and Plans
02:01:49 - 12 - 12 - A Reckless Chauffeur
02:10:12 - 13 - 13 - A Thanksgiving Frolic
02:18:52 - 14 - 14 - Eleanor Finds a Way
02:24:24 - 15 - 15 - A Would-Be 'Lark'
02:36:17 - 16 - 16 - The Juniors Forever
02:46:32 - 17 - 17 - The Last Straw
02:56:07 - 18 - 18 - The Play's The Thing
03:05:08 - 19 - 19 - The Try Out
03:13:33 - 20 - 20 - The Anonymous Letter
03:23:14 - 21 - 21 - Breakers Ahead
03:30:08 - 22 - 22 - As You Like It
03:47:29 - 23 - 23 - The Junior Picnic
04:05:43 - 24 - 24 - Conclusion
In 'Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School'; Or, 'Fast Friends in the Sororities,' the girl chums will appear as members of a High School sorority. Here the reader will make the acquaintance of Eleanor Savell, a clever but exceedingly wilful girl, whose advent in Oakdale High School brings about a series of happenings that make the story one of absorbing interest. The doings of a rival sorority, organized by Eleanor, the contest for dramatic honors between Eleanor and Anne Pierson and the mischievous plot against the latter originated by the former and frustrated by Grace Harlowe, are among the features that will hold the attention and cement the reader's friendship for the girl chums. (Introduction by Jessie Graham Flower)
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Poems by Elizabeth STODDARD (1823 - 1902)
Genre(s): Poetry
Read by: Bruce Kachuk in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Poet's Secret
00:01:33 - 02 - November
00:02:54 - 03 - Music in a Crowd
00:04:49 - 04 - 'I Live Within the Stranger's Gate'
00:06:50 - 05 - The House of Youth
00:10:33 - 06 - The House by the Sea
00:13:25 - 07 - Christmas Comes Again
00:16:45 - 08 - March
00:17:58 - 09 - The Spring Afar
00:19:32 - 10 - Why?
00:20:56 - 11 - August
00:22:14 - 12 - October
00:23:25 - 13 - 'The Willow Boughs are Yellow Now'
00:24:48 - 14 - 'In the Still, Star-Lit Night'
00:26:26 - 15 - Autumn
00:27:46 - 16 - The Autumn Sheaf
00:29:31 - 17 - In the City
00:31:19 - 18 - 'I Love You, but a Sense of Pain'
00:33:10 - 19 - Nameless Pain
00:34:32 - 20 - A Baby Song
00:35:58 - 21 - The Wife Speaks
00:38:06 - 22 - The Husband Speaks
00:40:01 - 23 - 'One Morn I Left Him in His Bed'
00:42:05 - 24 - Before the Mirror
00:44:20 - 25 - 'The Shadows on the Water Reach'
00:45:13 - 26 - A Summer Night
00:46:10 - 27 - 'Fan Me with these Lilies Fair'
00:47:23 - 28 - 'Oh, the Wild, Wild Days of Youth!'
00:48:24 - 29 - 'On my Bed of a Winter Night'
00:49:24 - 30 - 'Hallo! My Fancy, Whither Wilt Thou Go?'
00:50:12 - 31 - You Left Me
00:51:15 - 32 - 'O Friend, begin a Loftier Song'
00:52:48 - 33 - 'Now That the Pain is Gone, I Too Can Smile'
00:55:12 - 34 - The Colonel's Shield
00:56:58 - 35 - A Few Idle Words
00:59:39 - 36 - Vers de Société
01:02:28 - 37 - The Race
01:06:46 - 38 - The Wolf-Tamer
01:08:33 - 39 - The Abbot of Unreason
01:10:07 - 40 - El Manolo
01:11:31 - 41 - Mercedes
01:13:15 - 42 - The Bull-Fight
01:15:36 - 43 - On the Campagna
01:17:28 - 44 - The Queen Deposed
01:19:52 - 45 - A Unit
01:22:53 - 46 - Zanthon - My Friend
01:27:02 - 47 - Achilles in Orcus
01:30:14 - 48 - Above the Tree
01:32:04 - 49 - To an Artist
01:33:14 - 50 - A Landscape
01:35:16 - 51 - From the Headland
01:38:13 - 52 - As One
01:40:50 - 53 - The Visitings of Truth Known Elsewhere
01:43:41 - 54 - We Must Wait
01:47:50 - 55 - Unreturning
01:51:12 - 56 - Closed
01:52:57 - 57 - Memory is Immortal
01:57:40 - 58 - The Tryst
02:00:38 - 59 - No Answer
02:02:41 - 60 - On the Hilltop
02:06:29 - 61 - The Message
02:11:07 - 62 - Exile
02:13:51 - 63 - A Seaside Idyl
02:19:26 - 64 - The Chimney-Swallow's Idyl
02:23:00 - 65 - Last Days
These outstanding poems by the renowned author Elizabeth Stoddard speak of the poet's hunger for the freedom of an idyllic future - a hunger enhanced by a contagious idealism characteristic of Stoddard's exceptional poetic dexterity. These are poems that elevate the listener to levels only dreamed of by the poet herself - to visions of freedom based on the essential and universal craving of a soul burdened, indeed caught within a mundane world of the commonplace. Abundant in these works is the poet's empathy with the plight of mankind whom she envisions as trapped on a treadmill, vainly attempting to escape the traditional but remaining caught and destined - albeit while on the very threshold of an existence shaped by the reality of the struggle - to re-emerge into a world which is in a profusion of anguishing ways dishearteningly similar to that of before.Elizabeth Stoddard's relentless pursuit in verse of the happiness that accompanies an idealized life free from social restraints and limitations has produced this collection of some of the finest poetical works of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Bruce Kachuk
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