Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044

By Various · Running time 06:28:34 · *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works

Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.

About this book

Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include wives, widows, and women scorned--the "Baby Doe Tabor" scandal, the trials of literary marriages, and colonial women; history--Wounded Knee, the Underground Railroad, Edward Bellamy's "nationalism," and English railroads; inspiring places--the Alhambra and Squaw Rock; invention--the marine chronometer; and essays on the Constitution, the natural equality of men, old age, the consolation of reading, and on the fantastic imagination. (Summary by Sue Anderson) The Art of Dying by August Strin

Description from the LibriVox catalogue.

Chapters and downloads on LibriVox →

You might also like

• Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 007Various · 5:24:34
• Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012Various · 4:37:31
• Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013Various · 5:11:45
• Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039Various · 06:00:10
• Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047Various · 04:59:28
• Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052Various · 05:05:40
• Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054Various · 05:19:13
• Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 066Various · 05:33:42