Essays Collection, Vol. 01

Various

Here are 20 essays by various authors, covering all kinds of subjects. Some are famous, others are gems ferreted out from chapters or passages in books where they have lain hidden for decades. Britannica defines an essay as "an analytic, interpretive, or critical literary composition usually much shorter and less systematic and formal than a dissertation or thesis and usually dealing with its subjects from a limited and often personal point of view." In short, an essay is neither fiction nor a short story, but a composition designed to educate/persuade more than entertain or inform, though essays sometimes do both, or neither. (Summary by Michele Fry, BC/DPL)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 The Case of the Officers of Excise by Thomas Paine Thomas Paine Etext Peter Yearsley
00:37:39 en
Play 02 All Things Are Possible, Part 1, no. 79 by Lev Shestov Lev Shestov Etext Scotty Smith
00:04:32 en
Play 03 Crisis 1 (These are the times that try men's souls), from The American Crisis by Thomas Paine Thomas Paine Etext Michele Fry
00:22:11 en
Play 04 On Authors by Margaret Prescott Montague Margaret Prescott Montague Etext Paula Messina
00:10:55 en
Play 05 The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Etext Atul Sharma
00:42:26 en
Play 06 Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science by Jack Williamson Jack Williamson Etext Ben Tucker
00:04:14 en
Play 07 A Modest Proposal by Dr. Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift Etext Winnifred Assmann
00:22:05 en
Play 08 Shakespere by Samuel P. Putnam Samuel Porter Putnam Etext Michele Fry
00:20:43 en
Play 09 At the Turning of the Year by William Sharp William Sharp Etext KevinS
00:14:01 en
Play 10 Sicut Dudum (1435) by Pope Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV Etext Paula Messina
00:06:22 en
Play 11 Freedom and Enterprise by F. A. Harper F. A. Harper Etext Michele Fry
00:54:08 en
Play 12 The Day After Christmas by Joyce Kilmer Joyce Kilmer Etext Paula Messina
00:15:21 en
Play 13 The Fun of Writing by Christopher Morley Christopher Morley Etext Larry Wilson
00:05:04 en
Play 14 Darwinian Hypothesis by T H Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley Etext bobpliley
00:42:42 en
Play 15 The Decline of the Drama by Stephen Leacock Stephen Leacock Etext Winnifred Assmann
00:11:34 en
Play 16 The Problem of Consciousness by Walter S. Hunter Walter Samuel Hunter Etext Glenn Carruthers
01:09:18 en
Play 17 The White Rose Road by Sarah Orne Jewett Sarah Orne Jewett Etext Elsie Selwyn
00:26:37 en
Play 18 Signs and Symbols by Joyce Kilmer Joyce Kilmer Etext Tatsu MJ
00:08:18 en
Play 19 A New Declaration of Independence by Emma Goldman Emma Goldman Etext Christine Rottger
00:05:08 en
Play 20 Looking Back on Girlhood by Sarah Orne Jewett Sarah Orne Jewett Etext Elsie Selwyn
00:15:16 en