Lectures on Landscape by John RUSKIN (1819 - 1900) Genre(s): Art, Design & Architecture Read by: Hugh McGuire, Kirsten Ferreri, Duncan Murrell in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Lecture I: Outline 00:31:50 - 02 - Lecture II: Light and Shade 01:02:28 - 03 - Lecture III: Color A series of lectures on landscape painting delivered at Oxford in 1871, by artist, critic, and social commentator, John Ruskin. More information: http://librivox.org/lectures-on-landscape-by-john-ruskin/

A Fair Mystery by Charlotte M. BRAME (1836 - 1884) Genre(s): Detective Fiction Read by: Lynne T, Arie, Gabriela Cowan, Elanor Sakamoto, Sandra Estenson, SamR, Petra, Marsha Payne, Mike Pelton in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - A Voice and a Face in the Night. 00:11:29 - 02 - A Fairy Changeling. 00:22:59 - 03 - A Daughter of Patricians. 00:33:41 - 04 - The Marble Psyche. 00:41:03 - 05 - 'I want to be just like you.' 00:48:58 - 06 - Faithless and Debonair. 00:56:19 - 07 - All, All is Vanity. 01:06:57 - 08 - The Young Coquette. 01:20:57 - 09 - Poet and Gentleman. 01:31:39 - 10 - A Wasted Warning. 01:41:56 - 11 - The Foster-Sisters. 01:51:31 - 12 - Beauty Becomes Immortal. 02:04:01 - 13 - 'Faithless and debonair.' 02:15:08 - 14 - 'I will be true--forever.' 02:27:12 - 15 - A Betrothal Day. 02:38:48 - 16 - A Shining Memory. 02:50:03 - 17 - A Woman Averse to Marriage. 03:04:43 - 18 - A Prospective Pleasure for Doris. 03:19:03 - 19 - 'They tell me, child, that you are really promised in marriage.' 03:35:22 - 20 - Her Eyes Invited Him. 03:52:30 - 21 - 'I shall never be a model woman.' 04:04:01 - 22 - The Coquette and the Man of the World. 04:14:29 - 23 - An Impassioned Wooing. 04:26:22 - 24 - The False Lips of Woman. 04:37:29 - 25 - The Last Happy Day of His Life. 04:48:32 - 26 - How She was Tempted. 04:58:52 - 27 - A Woman Resolved. 05:11:04 - 28 - The Flight at Midnight. 05:22:34 - 29 - A Thorn in the Garden of Roses. 05:33:04 - 30 - 'I could sooner plunge a dagger in his heart.' 05:44:04 - 31 - 'I am a man, and I will have justice.' 05:55:15 - 32 - There is no True Love Except the Love of a Mother. 06:05:45 - 33 - 'After so many years of dread has it come at last?' 06:15:33 - 34 - 'I must tell you my secret.' 06:27:15 - 35 - Lady Estelle's Story. 06:38:27 - 36 - 'He made me believe that I was the whole world to him!' 06:50:12 - 37 - The Punishment of Folly. (Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his prayers. A tiny babe, tender and fair, left on their doorstep with a note asking Mark and Patty to bring the child up as their own, to raise it to be good, like themselves, and to accept for their troubles a hundred pounds a year.The farm is saved, and all is peaceful for a while as the beautiful baby, Doris, grows into an even more beautiful child. But as she grows, so too grows her awareness of her own loveliness, of her difference from the humble farmers who raise her. Doris hungers for luxury, jewels and velvet, bright fetes and ardent admirers. Confident that her ethereal beauty and native wit will bring her everything she deserves, she focuses her energies on obtaining these things and sets in motion a chain of events that will break hearts, rip at the mystery surrounding her birth, and culminate in the greatest tragedy of them all.A story of love in many forms, A Fair Mystery is part romance, part tragedy, and part social commentary, one which asks us to pause a moment and reflect on what it is that is truly worth having in this life. (Summary by Elanor Sakamoto) More information: http://librivox.org/a-fair-mystery-by-bertha-m-clay/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

London Lyrics by Frederick LOCKER-LAMPSON (1821 - 1895) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: aniroo, tovarisch, Greg Giordano, Eva Davis, Stephen Paul Paschall, Larry Wilson, Rick Chamberlin, Phil Schempf, MelAdrienne, Emma Charlotte, Hira Laghari, Nemo in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Introduction 00:19:54 - 02 - The Castle in the Air 00:27:50 - 03 - The Cradle 00:30:48 - 04 - O Tempora Mutantur! 00:32:58 - 05 - Piccadilly 00:36:53 - 06 - The Old Clerk 00:40:22 - 07 - The Garter 00:45:23 - 08 - The Pilgrims of Pall Mall 00:47:57 - 09 - The Russet Pitcher 00:52:27 - 10 - The Enchanted Rose 00:54:43 - 11 - Circumstance 00:55:42 - 12 - A Wish 00:58:15 - 13 - My Life is a -- 00:59:33 - 14 - Vanity Fair 01:01:52 - 15 - Bramble-Rise 01:06:20 - 16 - Old Letters 01:08:34 - 17 - Susannah 01:10:46 - 18 - My Firstborn 01:12:44 - 19 - The Widow's Mite 01:13:47 - 20 - St George's, Hanover Square 01:14:55 - 21 - A Sketch in Seven Dials 01:16:16 - 22 - Miss Edith 01:18:06 - 23 - A Glimpse of Gretna Green, in the Distance 01:20:12 - 24 - The Four Seasons 01:21:52 - 25 - Enigma 01:23:02 - 26 - Enigma 01:24:03 - 27 - To the Printer's Devil London is one of the most interesting cities in the world, and is inspiring poets until today. This particular volume on the charms of that metropolis is written by native Londoner Frederick Locker-Lampson, originally published in 1857. - Summary by Carolin More information: https://librivox.org/london-lyrics-by-frederick-locker-lampson/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Old Year by John CLARE (1793 - 1864) Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) Read by: Ann Simmons, Claudia Salto, David Lawrence, Ernst Pattynama, Garth Burton, Jason Mills, Joe Weinmunson, Julia Niedermaier, Lee Ann Howlett, Michael Keen, ravenotation, Stephen Perry, Scott Birney in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - The Old Year - Read by AS 00:01:26 - 02 - The Old Year - Read by CCS 00:03:06 - 03 - The Old Year - Read by DL 00:04:24 - 04 - The Old Year - Read by EEP 00:05:54 - 05 - The Old Year - Read by GB 00:07:19 - 06 - The Old Year - Read by JCM 00:08:37 - 07 - The Old Year - Read by JCW 00:09:43 - 08 - The Old Year - Read by JN 00:11:02 - 09 - The Old Year - Read by LAH 00:12:16 - 10 - The Old Year - Read by MJK 00:13:20 - 11 - The Old Year - Read by RN 00:14:53 - 12 - The Old Year - Read by SP 00:16:05 - 13 - The Old Year - Read by SRB John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was 'the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self'. (Summary from Wikipedia ) More information: http://librivox.org/the-old-year-by-john-clare/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)