A Father of Women and Other Poems

Alice Meynell (1847 - 1922)

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's converted to Roman Catholicism and many of the poems in this volume, published just five years before her death, reflect religious themes. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Single author

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 A Father of Women Eva Davis
00:02:05
Play 02 Length of Days: To the Early Dead in Battle Nemo
00:01:50
Play 03 Nurse Edith Cavell Sonia
00:01:04
Play 04 Summer in England, 1914 Sonia
00:01:53
Play 05 To Tintoretto in Venice Sonia
00:02:31
Play 06 A Thrush Before Dawn Sonia
00:01:50
Play 07 The Two Shakespeare Tercentenaries Jason in Panama
00:01:39
Play 08 To O, of her Dark Eyes Sonia
00:01:36
Play 09 The Treasure Nemo
00:01:34
Play 10 A Wind of Clear Weather in England Sonia
00:01:20
Play 11 In Sleep Nemo
00:01:22
Play 12 The Divine Privilege Sonia
00:01:33
Play 13 Free Will Eva Davis
00:01:26
Play 14 The Two Questions Sonia
00:01:48
Play 15 The Lords Prayer Larry Wilson
00:01:17
Play 16 Easter Night Larry Wilson
00:01:01