War Is Kind (Collection) by Stephen CRANE (1871 - 1900) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: Chip in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - War Is Kind (Collection) Published in 1899, just a year before his death, War Is Kind by Stephen Crane evokes again the dark imagery of war which made his fortune in The Red Badge Of Courage. Unlike that book, this collection leaves the battlefield itself behind to explore the damage war does to peoples hearts and minds. Reeking of dashed hopes, simultaneously sympathetic with the victims of war and cynical about the purposes of war, Crane implicitly criticizes the image of the romantic hero and asks if Love can survive.The poetic voice is one of an old and wearied soul, stark and disillusioned, which is all the more intriguing since Crane was dead before he reached his 30th birthday. His work calls to mind the Beat Poets of the mid 20th century in its powerful use of language and bleak idiomatic landscape. It is poetry on the cusp of the fin de siècle; echoing the passing age and presaging the newborn century. (Summary by Chip) More information: http://librivox.org/war-is-kind-collection-by-stephen-crane/

Revelations of a Wife by Adele GARRISON (c.1873 - 1956) Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Romance Read by: Maire Rhode in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - 'I will be happy! I will! I will!' 00:08:28 - 02 - The First Quarrel 00:20:28 - 03 - Known to Fame as Lillian Gale 00:38:19 - 04 - Divided Opinions 00:49:09 - 05 - 'Always your Jack' 01:01:04 - 06 - A Maid and Model 01:18:24 - 07 - A Friendly Warning 01:34:09 - 08 - A Tragedy Averted 01:50:17 - 09 - The Girl on the Train 02:04:28 - 10 - 'Grace by name and grace by nature' 02:26:57 - 11 - 'I owe you too much' 02:41:45 - 12 - Lost and Found 03:04:01 - 13 - 'If you aren't cross and displeased' 03:23:27 - 14 - A Quarrel and a Crisis 03:35:56 - 15 - 'But I love you' 03:51:49 - 16 - Interrupted Sightseeing 04:08:35 - 17 - A Danger and a Problem 04:27:36 - 18 - 'Call me Mother--if you can' 04:49:19 - 19 - Lillian Underwood's Story 05:16:41 - 20 - Little Miss Sonnot's Opportunity 05:32:50 - 21 - Life's Jog-Trot and a Quarrel 05:49:44 - 22 - An Amazing Discovery 06:08:52 - 23 - 'Bluebeard's closet' 06:23:12 - 24 - A Summer of Happiness That Ends in Fear 06:43:32 - 25 - Playing the Game 07:07:02 - 26 - A Voice That Carried far 07:22:53 - 27 - :How nearly I lost you!' 07:43:09 - 28 - A Dark Night and a Troubled Dawn 08:02:16 - 29 - 'But you will never know---' 08:16:09 - 30 - The Weeks That Followed 08:23:51 - 31 - A Mysterious Stranger 08:40:39 - 32 - 'The dearest friend I ever had' 08:59:39 - 33 - 'Mother' Graham Has Something to Say 09:12:47 - 34 - A Message From The Past 09:24:58 - 35 - The Word of Jack 09:42:17 - 36 - 'And yet--' 09:57:03 - 37 - A Change in Lillian Underwood Adele Garrison was the nom de plume of Nana Springer White, an American writer. Her career included time as a schoolteacher in Milwaukee. She later worked as an editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel and then a reporter and writer for the Chicago Examiner and Chicago American.'Revelations of a Wife' ran as a serial story in her daily newspaper column in multiple American newspapers from 1915 until the Depression. It told the story of the marital ups and downs of Margaret 'Madge' Graham, an independent-minded former schoolteacher, and her husband Dicky, an artist. At the height of the story's popularity, it had one million regular readers. (Summary by Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/revelations-of-a-wife-by-adele-garrison/